Three-dimensional reddening maps of the Magellanic Clouds constructed by RR Lyrae stars

arXiv:2603.13860 · astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.SR · Submitted 2026-03-14 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.SR

Submitted: 2026-03-14

Updated: 2026-03-14

Comments: 13 pages, 6 figures

DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/ae52f7

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Metallicity — 10× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Calibration — 8× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Consistency — 4× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Accuracy — 3× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Self-consistency — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Adaptive Partitioning — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Trace — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Gravitational Lensing — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Robustness — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Specific Object Study — 1× in this paper

Sources

• Distance, reddening and three dimensional structure of the SMC - I: Using RRab stars
• A nearby galaxy perspective on interstellar dust properties and their evolution
• Recursion relations for multi-gluon off-shell amplitudes on the light-front and Wilson lines
• The OGLE Collection of Variable Stars. Over 45 000 RR Lyrae Stars in the Magellanic System
• OGLE-IV: Fourth Phase of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment

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