• DOI:10.1088/0004-637X/705/2/1548
Corpus ID: 1916267

A Trigonometric Parallax of Sgr B2

@article{Reid2009ATP,
  title={A Trigonometric Parallax of Sgr B2},
  author={M. Reid and K. Menten and X. Zheng and A. Brunthaler and Y. Xu},
  journal={The Astrophysical Journal},
  year={2009},
  volume={705},
  pages={1548-1553}
}

M. Reid, K. Menten, +2 authors Y. Xu

Published 2009

Physics

The Astrophysical Journal

We have measured the positions of H(2)O masers in Sgr B2, a massive star-forming region in the Galactic center, relative to an extragalactic radio source with the Very Long Baseline Array. The positions measured at 12 epochs over a time span of one year yield the trigonometric parallax of Sgr B2 and hence a distance to the Galactic center of R(0) = 7.9(-0.7)(+0.8) kpc. The proper motion of Sgr B2 relative to Sgr A* suggests that Sgr B2 is approximate to 0.13 kpc nearer than the Galactic center… CONTINUE READING

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