Infrared Colour Gradients in Spiral Galaxies

Terndrup, Donald M.

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Donald M. Terndrup⁶

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Several recent studies have pointed out that there are serious degeneracies in broad-band colours, which make it difficult if not impossible distinguish the effects of metallicity and age in the integrated light. In this paper, I discuss the difficulties involved in breaking these degeneracies, particularly in situations where there is significant reddening from dust. Corrections for dust absorption in spiral galaxies are likely to be highly model dependent, particularly for edge-on systems.

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Deptartment of Astronomy, The Ohio State University, 174 W. 18th Ave., Columbus, Ohio, 43210, USA
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European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2, D-85748, Garching, Germany
Dante Minniti
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Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 1, D-85748, Garching, Germany
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Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 85721, Tucson, AZ, USA
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Terndrup, D.M. (1996). Infrared Colour Gradients in Spiral Galaxies. In: Minniti, D., Rix, HW. (eds) Spiral Galaxies in the Near-IR. ESO Astrophysics Symposia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-49739-4_5

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