Trigonometric Parallaxes of Star-forming Regions beyond the Tangent Point of the Sagittarius Spiral Arm
Journal
Date Issued
2019
Author(s)
Wu, Y. W.
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Reid, M. J.
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Sakai, N.
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Dame, T. M.
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Menten, K. M.
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Brunthaler, A.
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Xu, Y.
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Li, J. J.
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Ho, B.
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Zhang, B.
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Zheng, X. W.
Abstract
As part of the BeSSeL Survey, we report trigonometric parallaxes and proper motions of molecular maser sources associated with 13 distant high-mass star-forming regions in the Sagittarius spiral arm of the Milky Way. In particular, we obtain improved parallax distance estimates for three well-studied regions: {1.9}-0.1+0.1 {kpc} for M17, {5.3}-0.9+1.3 {kpc} for W51, and {7.9}-0.7+0.9 {kpc} for GAL 045.5+00.0. Peculiar motions for all but one source are less than 20 km s-1. We fit a log-periodic spiral to the locations and estimate an average pitch angle of 7.°2 ± 1.°9. We find that the section of the arm beyond the tangent point in the first quadrant of the Milky Way appears 15 pc below the IAU-defined Galactic plane.
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874
Issue
1
Start page
94
Issn Identifier
0004-637X
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2019ApJ...874...94W
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open.access
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