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A new MIR bow shock source in the Galactic center

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2014

N. Sabha ,
M. Zamaninasab ,
A. Eckart  and
L. Moser
N. Sabha
Affiliation:
I.Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Str.77, 50937 Köln, Germany email: sabha@ph1.uni-koeln.de Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
M. Zamaninasab
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
A. Eckart
Affiliation:
I.Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Str.77, 50937 Köln, Germany email: sabha@ph1.uni-koeln.de Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
L. Moser
Affiliation:
I.Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Str.77, 50937 Köln, Germany email: sabha@ph1.uni-koeln.de
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Abstract

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We find a convex-like feature at a distance of 0.68 pc (17″) from the position of the supermassive black hole, Sgr A*, at the center of the nuclear stellar cluster. This feature resembles a stellar bow shock with a symmetry axis pointing to the center. We discuss the possible nature of the feature and the implications of its alignment with other dusty comet-like objects inside the central parsec.

Keywords

Galaxy: nucleus — infrared: general — stars: windsoutflows
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 9 , Symposium S303: The Galactic Center: Feeding and Feedback in a Normal Galactic Nucleus , October 2013 , pp. 150 - 152
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2014 

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