Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-04-25
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, 5 figures, PASJ in press (Vol. 59, No. 4; August 25, 2007 issue)
Scientific paper
We report on absolute proper-motion measurements of an H2O maser source in the NGC 281 West molecular cloud, which is located ~320 pc above the Galactic plane and is associated with an HI loop extending from the Galactic plane. We have conducted multi-epoch phase-referencing observations of the maser source with VERA (VLBI Exploration of Radio Astrometry) over a monitoring period of 6 months since May 2006. We find that the H2O maser features in NGC 281 West are systematically moving toward the southwest and further away from the Galactic plane with a vertical velocity of ~20-30 km/s at its estimated distance of 2.2-3.5 kpc. Our new results provide the most direct evidence that the gas in the NGC 281 region on the HI loop was blown out from the Galactic plane, most likely in a superbubble driven by multiple or sequential supernova explosions in the Galactic plane.
Bushimata Takeshi
Choi Yoon Kyung
Hirota Tomoya
Honma Mareki
Imai Hiroshi
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