TY - JOUR AU - Cortese, L. AU - Boselli, A. AU - Buat, V. AU - Gavazzi, G. AU - Boissier, S. AU - Gil de Paz, Armando AU - Seibert, M. AU - Madore, B. F. AU - Martin, D. C. PY - 2006 DO - 10.1086/498296 SN - 0004-637X UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51774 T2 - Astrophysical journal AB - We analyze the dust attenuation properties of a volume-limited, optically selected sample of normal star-forming galaxies in nearby clusters as observed by GALEX. The internal attenuation is estimated using three independent indicators, namely, the... LA - eng M2 - 242 PB - American Astronomical Society KW - Alpha surface photometry KW - Ultraviolet luminosity density KW - Virgo cluster area KW - Digital sky survey KW - Starburst galaxies KW - H-alpha KW - Disk galaxies KW - Spiral galaxies KW - Formation history KW - Nearby galaxies TI - UV dust attenuation in normal star-forming galaxies. I. Estimating the L_TIR/L_FUV ratio TY - journal article VL - 637 ER -