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Masks in the Milky Way

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Penetrating Bars through Masks of Cosmic Dust

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The dust mask is the most obvious of the masks that obscure our view of the Milky Way. But there are others, including the mass mask, kinematical masks, and structural, chemical and dynamical masks. In each case, there are ways to penetrate the mask.

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  1. Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Mt Stromlo Observatory, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

    K. C. Freeman

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  1. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

    David L. Block  & Robert Groess  & 

  2. Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Puebla, Mexico

    Ivânio Puerari

  3. The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

    Kenneth C. Freeman

  4. Rand Afrikaans University (Soweto), South Africa

    Elizabeth K. Block

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Freeman, K.C. (2004). Masks in the Milky Way. In: Block, D.L., Puerari, I., Freeman, K.C., Groess, R., Block, E.K. (eds) Penetrating Bars through Masks of Cosmic Dust. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 319. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2862-5_53

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