The Reddening of Red Supergiants: When Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
The Reddening of Red Supergiants: When Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Deriving the physical properties of red supergiants (RSGs) depends upon accurate corrections for reddening by dust. We use our recent modeling of the optical spectra of RSGs to address this topic. We find: (1) Previous broad-band studies have underestimated the correction for extinction in the visible, and hence the luminousities, …