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Near Infrared Extinction at the Galactic Centre

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Thirty Years of Astronomical Discovery with UKIRT

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We present new results from UKIDSS on the Nuclear Bulge of our Galaxy that shows the previous determinations of the extinction parameter need revising.

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  1. Department of Astrophysics, University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3RH, UK

    Andrew J. Gosling & Katherine M. Blundell

  2. Department of Astronomy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA

    Reba M. Bandyopadhyay

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Correspondence to Andrew J. Gosling .

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  1. Southern Operations Center, Gemini Observatory, La Serena, Chile

    Andy Adamson

  2. Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    John Davies

  3. UKATC, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Ian Robson

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Gosling, A.J., Bandyopadhyay, R.M., Blundell, K.M. (2013). Near Infrared Extinction at the Galactic Centre. In: Adamson, A., Davies, J., Robson, I. (eds) Thirty Years of Astronomical Discovery with UKIRT. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, vol 37. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7432-2_18

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