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Proper motions of water masers: W 51 North, Main, and South
- Source :
- Symposium - International Astronomical Union. 206:88-91
- Publication Year :
- 2002
- Publisher :
- Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2002.
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Abstract
- We describe the proper motion measurements of water masers in the massive-star forming region W 51A and the analysis of the 3-D kinematics in three maser clusters of W 51A. We found a systematic expanding motion in one of the clusters named W 51 North, while no systematic motion was detected in other two clusters named W 51 Main and South. The 3-D motions of the clusters relative to the position reference feature in W 51 North indicate a separating motion between the W 51 North and the W 51 Main/South clusters. We estimated the distance to W 51 North as to be 6.7±2.1 kpc on basis of the statistical parallax and the model fitting methods.
Details
- ISSN :
- 00741809
- Volume :
- 206
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Symposium - International Astronomical Union
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........ea4c4f1218fe320e031dd6e5a3e91859
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0074180900222134