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Mapping the Far Side of the Milky Way

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2024

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Mark J. Reid*
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Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian.
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Abstract

Great progress has been made using VLBI techniques to measure trigonometric parallaxes to masers associated with young, high-mass stars, in order to map the spiral structure of the Milky Way. However, large numbers of parallax distance have only been obtained over about half of the Galaxy. Here I discuss the use of 3-dimensional kinematic distances for completing the map with many sources well past the Galactic Center.

Keywords

Milk WaySpiral StructureDistancesVLBI
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Contributed Paper
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 18 , Symposium S380: Cosmic Masers: Proper Motion toward the Next-Generation Large Projects , December 2022 , pp. 111 - 115
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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of International Astronomical Union

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