First GLIMPSE Results on the Stellar Structure of the Galaxy

@article{Benjamin2005FirstGR,
  title={First GLIMPSE Results on the Stellar Structure of the Galaxy},
  author={Robert A. Benjamin and Edward Bruce Churchwell and Brian L. Babler and Remy Indebetouw and Marilyn R. Meade and Barbara Anne Whitney and Christer Watson and Mark G. Wolfire and Michael J. Wolff and Richard Ignace and T. M. Bania and Stephen B. Bracker and D. P. Clemens and Laura Chomiuk and M. Cohen and John M. Dickey and James M. Jackson and Henry A. Kobulnicky and Emily Mercer and John S. Mathis and Susan Renee Stolovy and Brian Robert Uzpen},
  journal={The Astrophysical Journal},
  year={2005},
  volume={630}
}
The GLIMPSE (Galactic Legacy Mid-Plane Survey Extraordinaire) Point Source Catalog of ~30 million mid-infrared sources toward the inner Galaxy, 10° ≤ |l| ≤ 65° and |b| ≤ 1°, was used to determine the distribution of stars in Galactic longitude, l, latitude, b, and apparent magnitude, m. The counts versus longitude can be approximated by the modified Bessel function N = N0(l/l0)K1(l/l0), where l0 is insensitive to limiting magnitude, band choice, and side of Galactic center: l0 = 17°-30° with a… Expand
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