NASA NTRS · 19870059987
Modeling the Milky Way in the infrared
Abstract
The spatial distribution of stars in the Milky Way is modeled using an exponential disk with the addition of a de Vaucouleurs (1958, 1977, and 1979) R exp 1/4 spheroid. The present model is compared to 2-2.5-micron star counts and surface-brightness data and to IRAS 12-micron source counts. The data are consistent with a flattened bulge; it is maintained that a fraction of the bulge population has a considerable infrared excess.
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Garwood, Robert, Jones, Terry Jay. 1987-06-01. Modeling the Milky Way in the infrared. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19870059987
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