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Parallaxes of 6.7-GHz methanol masers towards the G 305.2 high-mass star formation region
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Krishnan, V and Ellingsen, SP and Reid, MJ and Bignall, HE and McCallum, J and Phillips, CJ and Reynolds, C and Stevens, J, Parallaxes of 6.7-GHz methanol masers towards the G 305.2 high-mass star formation region, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 465, (1) pp. 1095-1105. ISSN 0035-8711 (2017) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1093/mnras/stw2850
Abstract
We have made measurements to determine the parallax and proper motion of the three 6.7-GHz methanol masers G 305.200+0.019, G 305.202+0.208 and G 305.208+0.206. The combined parallax is found to be 0.25±0.05 mas, corresponding to a distance of 4.1^{+1.2}_{-0.7} kpc. This places the G 305.2 star formation region in the Carina-Sagittarius spiral arm. The inclusion of G 305.2 increases the Galactic azimuth range of the sources in this arm by 40° from Sato et al., allowing us to determine the pitch angle of this spiral with greater confidence to be ψ = 19.0° ± 2.6°. The first very long baseline interferometry spot maps of the 6.7-GHz methanol masers towards these sources show that they have simple linear and ring-like structures, consistent with emission expected from class II methanol masers in general.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | masers, stars: formation, galaxy: structure |
| Research Division: | Physical Sciences |
| Research Group: | Astronomical sciences |
| Research Field: | Galactic astronomy |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the physical sciences |
| UTAS Author: | Krishnan, V (Mr Vasaant Krishnan) |
| UTAS Author: | Ellingsen, SP (Professor Simon Ellingsen) |
| UTAS Author: | McCallum, J (Dr Jamie McCallum) |
| ID Code: | 113914 |
| Year Published: | 2017 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 19 |
| Deposited By: | Mathematics and Physics |
| Deposited On: | 2017-01-27 |
| Last Modified: | 2018-07-30 |
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