Galaxies and their Masks A Conference in Honour of K.C. Freeman, FRS /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Block, David L. (Editor), Freeman, Kenneth C. (Editor), Puerari, Ivânio (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
• Subjects: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Space sciences.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

Various kinds of masks obscure our view of our galaxy, the Milky Way, as well as of other galaxies. Masks of interstellar dust affect our measurements within galaxies, on scales ranging from individual supernovae to the galaxies themselves. The “mass mask” (our inability to image mass rather than li...