A geometric distance to the galaxy NGC4258 from orbital motions in a nuclear gas disk

Nature

Volumn 400, Issue 6744, 1999, Pages 539-541

  Herrnstein, J R ^a,b   Moran, J M ^b   Greenhill, L J ^b   Diamond, P J ^a,c   Inoue, M ^d   Nakai, N ^d   Miyoshi, M ^d   Henkel, C ^e   Riess, A ^f  

^a NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c Jodrell Bank   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; GEOMETRY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

EID: 0033526992     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/22972     Document Type: Article

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