get_irsa_dust

eazy.utils.get_irsa_dust(ra=53.1227, dec=-27.805089, type='SandF')[source]

Get Galactic dust reddening from NED/IRSA at a given position http://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/applications/DUST/docs/dustProgramInterface.html

Parameters:
ra, decfloat

RA/Dec in decimal degrees.

type‘SFD’, ‘SandF’
Dust model, with
SandF = Schlafly & Finkbeiner 2011 (ApJ 737, 103)

SFD = Schlegel et al. 1998 (ApJ 500, 525)

Returns:
ebvfloat

Color excess E(B-V), in magnitudes