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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 693, Issue 1, Pages 397-405Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/693/1/397
Keywords
astrometry; Galaxy: fundamental parameters; Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics; masers; stars: formation; techniques: high angular resolution
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- National Science Foundation of China [10133020, 10103003, 10373025]
- DFG
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We are conducting a large program with the NRAO Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) to measure trigonometric parallaxes of massive star-forming regions across the Milky Way. Here we report measurement of the parallax and proper motion of methanol masers in S 252 and G232.6+1.0. The parallax of S 252 is 0.476 +/- 0.006 mas (2.10+(0.027)(-0.026) kpc), placing it in the Perseus spiral arm. The parallax of G232.6+1.0 is 0.596 +/- 0.035 mas (1.68+-(0.11)(0.09) kpc), placing it between the Carina-Sagittarius and Perseus arms, possibly in a Local ( Orion) spur of the Carina-Sagittarius arm. For both sources, kinematic distances are significantly greater than their parallax distances. Our parallaxes and proper motions yield full space motions accurate to approximate to 1 km s(-1). Both sources orbit the Galaxy similar to 13 km s(-1) slower than circular rotation.
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