First parallax measurements toward a 6.7 GHZ methanol maser with the Australian long baseline array - Distance to G 339.884-1.259

© 2015. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. We have conducted the first parallax and proper motion measurements of 6.7 GHz methanol maser emission using the Australian Long Baseline Array. The parallax of G 339.8841.259 measured from five epochs of observations is 0.48 ± 0.08 mas...

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Main Authors: Krishnan, V., Ellingsen, S., Reid, M., Brunthaler, A., Sanna, A., McCallum, J., Reynolds, C., Bignall, H., Phillips, C., Dodson, R., Rioja, M., Caswell, J., Chen, X., Dawson, J., Fujisawa, K., Goedhart, S., Green, J., Hachisuka, K., Honma, M., Menten, K., Shen, Z., Voronkov, M., Walsh, Andrew, Xu, Y., Zhang, B., Zheng, X.
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Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45977
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author Krishnan, V.
Ellingsen, S.
Reid, M.
Brunthaler, A.
Sanna, A.
McCallum, J.
Reynolds, C.
Bignall, H.
Phillips, C.
Dodson, R.
Rioja, M.
Caswell, J.
Chen, X.
Dawson, J.
Fujisawa, K.
Goedhart, S.
Green, J.
Hachisuka, K.
Honma, M.
Menten, K.
Shen, Z.
Voronkov, M.
Walsh, Andrew
Xu, Y.
Zhang, B.
Zheng, X.
author_facet Krishnan, V.
Ellingsen, S.
Reid, M.
Brunthaler, A.
Sanna, A.
McCallum, J.
Reynolds, C.
Bignall, H.
Phillips, C.
Dodson, R.
Rioja, M.
Caswell, J.
Chen, X.
Dawson, J.
Fujisawa, K.
Goedhart, S.
Green, J.
Hachisuka, K.
Honma, M.
Menten, K.
Shen, Z.
Voronkov, M.
Walsh, Andrew
Xu, Y.
Zhang, B.
Zheng, X.
author_sort Krishnan, V.
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description © 2015. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. We have conducted the first parallax and proper motion measurements of 6.7 GHz methanol maser emission using the Australian Long Baseline Array. The parallax of G 339.8841.259 measured from five epochs of observations is 0.48 ± 0.08 mas, corresponding to a distance of - 2.1+0.4 -0.3 kpc, placing it in the Scutum spiral arm. This is consistent (within the combined uncertainty) with the kinematic distance estimate for this source at 2.5 ± 0.5 kpc using the latest Solar and Galactic rotation parameters. We find from the Lyman continuum photon flux that the embedded core of the young star is of spectral type B1, demonstrating that luminous 6.7 GHz methanol masers can be associated with high-mass stars toward the lower end of the mass range.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-459772017-09-13T15:05:24Z First parallax measurements toward a 6.7 GHZ methanol maser with the Australian long baseline array - Distance to G 339.884-1.259 Krishnan, V. Ellingsen, S. Reid, M. Brunthaler, A. Sanna, A. McCallum, J. Reynolds, C. Bignall, H. Phillips, C. Dodson, R. Rioja, M. Caswell, J. Chen, X. Dawson, J. Fujisawa, K. Goedhart, S. Green, J. Hachisuka, K. Honma, M. Menten, K. Shen, Z. Voronkov, M. Walsh, Andrew Xu, Y. Zhang, B. Zheng, X. © 2015. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. We have conducted the first parallax and proper motion measurements of 6.7 GHz methanol maser emission using the Australian Long Baseline Array. The parallax of G 339.8841.259 measured from five epochs of observations is 0.48 ± 0.08 mas, corresponding to a distance of - 2.1+0.4 -0.3 kpc, placing it in the Scutum spiral arm. This is consistent (within the combined uncertainty) with the kinematic distance estimate for this source at 2.5 ± 0.5 kpc using the latest Solar and Galactic rotation parameters. We find from the Lyman continuum photon flux that the embedded core of the young star is of spectral type B1, demonstrating that luminous 6.7 GHz methanol masers can be associated with high-mass stars toward the lower end of the mass range. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45977 10.1088/0004-637X/805/2/129 Institute of Physics Publishing fulltext
spellingShingle Krishnan, V.
Ellingsen, S.
Reid, M.
Brunthaler, A.
Sanna, A.
McCallum, J.
Reynolds, C.
Bignall, H.
Phillips, C.
Dodson, R.
Rioja, M.
Caswell, J.
Chen, X.
Dawson, J.
Fujisawa, K.
Goedhart, S.
Green, J.
Hachisuka, K.
Honma, M.
Menten, K.
Shen, Z.
Voronkov, M.
Walsh, Andrew
Xu, Y.
Zhang, B.
Zheng, X.
First parallax measurements toward a 6.7 GHZ methanol maser with the Australian long baseline array - Distance to G 339.884-1.259
title First parallax measurements toward a 6.7 GHZ methanol maser with the Australian long baseline array - Distance to G 339.884-1.259
title_full First parallax measurements toward a 6.7 GHZ methanol maser with the Australian long baseline array - Distance to G 339.884-1.259
title_fullStr First parallax measurements toward a 6.7 GHZ methanol maser with the Australian long baseline array - Distance to G 339.884-1.259
title_full_unstemmed First parallax measurements toward a 6.7 GHZ methanol maser with the Australian long baseline array - Distance to G 339.884-1.259
title_short First parallax measurements toward a 6.7 GHZ methanol maser with the Australian long baseline array - Distance to G 339.884-1.259
title_sort first parallax measurements toward a 6.7 ghz methanol maser with the australian long baseline array - distance to g 339.884-1.259
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45977