MEASURING DISTANCES AND REDDENINGS FOR A BILLION STARS: TOWARD A 3D DUST MAP FROM PAN-STARRS 1
MEASURING DISTANCES AND REDDENINGS FOR A BILLION STARS: TOWARD A 3D DUST MAP FROM PAN-STARRS 1
We present a method to infer reddenings and distances to stars based only on their broad-band photometry, and show how this method can be used to produce a three-dimensional (3D) dust map of the Galaxy. Our method samples from the full probability density function of distance, reddening, and stellar type …