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VLBI astrometry toward Sgr D HII region with VERA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2017

Daisuke Sakai ,
Tomoaki Oyama ,
Takumi Nagayama ,
Mareki Honma  and
Hideyuki Kobayashi
Daisuke Sakai
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2-12 Hoshi-ga-oka, Mizusawa-ku, Oshu-shi, Iwate 023-0861, Japan
Tomoaki Oyama
Affiliation:
Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2-12 Hoshi-ga-oka, Mizusawa-ku, Oshu-shi, Iwate 023-0861, Japan
Takumi Nagayama
Affiliation:
Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2-12 Hoshi-ga-oka, Mizusawa-ku, Oshu-shi, Iwate 023-0861, Japan
Mareki Honma
Affiliation:
Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2-12 Hoshi-ga-oka, Mizusawa-ku, Oshu-shi, Iwate 023-0861, Japan Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2-21-1, Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan Department of Astronomical Sciences, Graduate University for Advanced Studies, 2-21-1, Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
Hideyuki Kobayashi
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2-21-1, Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
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Abstract

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The Galactic centre region shows outstanding non-circular motion unlike the Galactic disk. As scenarios describing this non-circular motion, resonance orbits formed by the Galactic bar potential or expanding motion by past activity of the central BH are proposed. However, these both scenarios are based on line-of-sight velocities of molecular clouds in this region, and such one-dimension velocity information is insufficient to separate these scenarios.

To reveal dynamics of the Galactic centre region, we conducted astromertic observations of 22 GHz water maser sources toward the Galactic centre direction. We conducted astrometric observations toward water maser source associated with Sgr D HII region. As a result, we succeeded to measure the parallax and proper motion of the maser source. The measured distance was 2.36(+0.58/-0.39) kpc. This result clearly indicates that this source is not associated with the Galactic centre, but located on the Galactic disk.

Keywords

Galaxy: kinematics and dynamicsMasersAstrometry
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 11 , Symposium S322: The Multi-Messenger Astrophysics of the Galactic Centre , July 2016 , pp. 166 - 167
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2017 

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