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Relative parallaxes in the massive star forming region W33

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

K. Immer ,
M. J. Reid  and
K. M. Menten
K. Immer
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany email: kimmer@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, 02138 Cambridge, MA, USA
M. J. Reid
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, 02138 Cambridge, MA, USA
K. M. Menten
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany email: kimmer@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de
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Abstract

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The massive star forming complex W33 contains several molecular clouds at different stages of star formation activity, ranging from quiescent to highly active clouds. Our trigonometric parallax observations of water masers in this complex, conducted with the VLBA at 22.2 GHz, show that all water masers have the same distance of 2.4 kpc, locating the W33 complex in the Sagittarius spiral arm.

Keywords

masersastrometrystars: distancesstars: formationGalaxy: structure
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 8 , Symposium S287: Cosmic Masers - from OH to H0 , January 2012 , pp. 413 - 414
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2012

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