New Optical Reddening Maps of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds

Abstract

We present new reddening maps of the SMC and LMC based on the data of the third phase of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE III). We have used two different methods to derive optical reddening maps. We adopt a theoretical mean unreddened colour for the red clump in the SMC and LMC, respectively. We subdivide the photometric data for both Clouds into subfields and calculate the difference between the observed red clump position and the theoretical value for each field, which provides us with the reddening value in (V-I). Furthermore reddening values are obtained for 13490 LMC RR Lyrae ab and 1529 SMC RR Lyrae ab stars covering the whole OGLE III region of the MCs. The observed colours (V-I) of the RR Lyrae stars are compared with the colour from the absolute magnitudes. The absolute magnitude of each RR Lyrae star is computed using its period and metallicity derived from Fourier decomposition of its lightcurve. In general we find a low and uniform reddening distribution in both Magellanic Clouds. The red clump method indicates a mean reddening of the LMC of E(V-I) = 0.09 +/- 0.07 mag, while for the SMC E(V-I) = 0.04 +/- 0.06 mag is obtained. With RR Lyrae stars a median value of E(V-I) = 0.11 +/- 0.06 mag for the LMC and E(V-I) = 0.07 +/- 0.06 mag for the SMC is found. The LMC shows very low reddening in the bar region, whereas the reddening in the star-forming leading edge and 30 Doradus is considerably higher. In the SMC three pronounced regions with higher reddening are visible. Two are located along the bar, while the highest reddening is found in the star-forming wing of the SMC. In general the regions with higher reddening are in good spatial agreement with infrared reddening maps as well as with reddening estimations of other studies. The position-dependent reddening values from the red clump method are available via the Virtual Observatory interface.

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