dustmaps: A Python interface for maps of interstellar dust

Gregory Green

The Journal of Open Source Software · 2018 · 524 citations · 6 references

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Abstract

Correcting for interstellar dust extinction is a critical step in many analyses of astrophysical data. Indeed, a standard dust reddening map, Schlegel, Finkbeiner, and Davis (1998), is one of the highest cited papers in astrophysics.

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