LAUSR

With the use of the data from archives, we studied the correlations between the equivalent widths of four diffuse interstellar bands (4430$A$, 5780$A$, 5797$A$, 6284$A$) and properties of the target stars (colour excess values, distances and Galactic coordinates). Many different plots of the diffuse interstellar bands and their maps were produced and further analysed. There appears to be a structure in the plot of equivalent widths of 5780$A$ DIB (and 6284$A$ DIB) against the Galactic $x$-coordinate. The structure is well defined below $\sim150$ m$A$ and within $|x|<250$ pc, peaking around $x=170$ pc. We argue that the origin of this structure is not a statistical fluctuation. Splitting the data in the Galactic longitude into several subregions improves or lowers the well known linear relation between the equivalent widths and the colour excess, which was expected. However, some of the lines of sight display drastically different behaviour. The region within $150^\circ