Trigonometric parallaxes of massive star-forming regions. VI. Galactic structure, fundamental parameters, and noncircular motions

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 700, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 137-148

  Reid, M J ^a   Menten, K M ^b   Zheng, X W ^c   Brunthaler, A ^b   Moscadelli, L ^d   Xu, Y ^b,e   Zhang, B ^c   Sato, M ^a,f   Honma, M ^f   Hirota, T ^f   Hachisuka, K ^g   Choi, Y K ^b   Moellenbrock, G A ^h   Bartkiewicz, A ⁱ  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^e CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^f NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^g CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^h NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

ⁱ NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Astrometry; Galaxy: fundamental parameters; Galaxy: halo; Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxy: structure; Stars: formation Online only material: color figures; Tar files

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886143288     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/700/1/137     Document Type: Article

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