The distance to a star-forming region in the outer arm of the galaxy

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 696, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1981-1986

  Hachisuka, K ^a,b   Brunthaler, A ^b   Menten, K M ^b   Reid, M J ^c   Hagiwara, Y ^d   Mochizuki, N ^e  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^e JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

astrometry; Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxy: structure; masers; stars: distances

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149155094     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/696/2/1981     Document Type: Article

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