The Kapetyn Universe

r [pc]

Draw(rapparent) and D*corrected(rtrue)

  Apparent

True*

b = 0° b = 30° b = 60° b = 90°
10 9.95 1.00  1.02 1.00  1.02 1.00  1.02 1.00  1.02
100 95.7 1.00  1.19 0.78  0.93 0.71  0.85 0.74  0.88
400 342 0.80  1.48 0.32  0.59 0.22  0.41 0.70  0.37
1 000 718 0.37  1.33 0.098  0.35 0.040  0.14 0.020  0.072
4 000 1770 0.05  1.05 0.007  0.15 0.001  0.021 0.000  0.000
10 000 2780 0.008  0.85 0.000  0.000 0.000  0.000 0.000  0.000

*The corrected values of r and D are based on the assumption that the visual extinction gradient is a = 1 mag/kpc.