S62 on a 9.9 yr Orbit around SgrA*

@article{Peiker2020S62OA,
  title={S62 on a 9.9 yr Orbit around SgrA*},
  author={Florian Pei{\ss}ker and Andreas Eckart and Marzieh Parsa},
  journal={arXiv: Astrophysics of Galaxies},
  year={2020}
}
We observe the S-cluster star S62 on its Keplerian orbit around the supermassive black hole in the center of our galaxy, SgrA*. The orbital time period of S62 around SgrA* is 9.9 years. We derive its mass to be around 2 M_solar which is consistent with other members of the S-cluster. From the Lucy-Richardson deconvolved images, we determine a K-band magnitude of 16.1 mag. We observe almost two complete orbits of the star with two different and independent telescopes and three different… 
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