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arXiv 0901.2481astro-ph.GA
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到银河系外臂恒星形成区的距离

The distance to a star forming region in the Outer arm of the Galaxy

K. Hachisuka, A. Brunthaler, K. M. Menten, M. J. Reid, Y. Hagiwara, N. Mochizuki

摘要:

我们用WB 89 -437的VLBA进行了天体测量观测,WB 89 -437是银河系外旋臂中的一个H2O脉泽源。我们测量的年视差为0.167 +/- 0.006 mas,对应于日心距离为6.0 +/- 0.2 kpc或银心距离为13.4 +/- 0.2 kpc。这个日心距离的值比8.6千秒差距的运动学距离小得多。这证实了朝向l = 135度的微弱外臂的存在。我们还测量了该物体的全空间运动,发现了一个大约20 km/s的巨大的奇特运动,朝向银河系中心。这种特殊的运动解释了运动学距离估计中的大误差。我们还发现WB 89 -437与LSR具有相同的旋转速度,这为平坦的旋转曲线以及外银河系中存在暗物质提供了更多证据。

英文摘要:

We performed astrometric observations with the VLBA of WB89-437, an H2O maser source in the Outer spiral arm of the Galaxy. We measure an annual parallax of 0.167 +/- 0.006 mas, corresponding to a heliocentric distance of 6.0 +/- 0.2 kpc or a Galactocentric distance of 13.4 +/- 0.2 kpc. This value for the heliocentric distance is considerably smaller than the kinematic distance of 8.6 kpc. This confirms the presence of a faint Outer arm toward l = 135 degrees. We also measured the full space motion of the object and find a large peculiar motion of ~20 km/s toward the Galactic center. This peculiar motion explains the large error in the kinematic distance estimate. We also find that WB89-437 has the same rotation speed as the LSR, providing more evidence for a flat rotation curve and thus the presence of dark matter in the outer Galaxy.

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