Position and morphology of the compact non-thermal radio source at the Galactic Center

Details Position and morphology of the compact non-thermal radio source at the Galactic Center Position and morphology of the compact non-thermal radio source at the Galactic Center

May 1992

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Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 258, no. 2, p. 295-301.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Astrometry, Extragalactic Radio Sources, Galactic Nuclei, Morphology, Nonthermal Radiation, Very Long Base Interferometry, Flux Density, Milky Way Galaxy, Position (Location)

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We have determined with VLBI the position of the compact nonthermal radio source at the Galactic Center, commonly referred to as SgrA*, in the J2000.0 reference frame of extragalactic radio sources. We have also determined the size of SgrA* at 1.3, 3.6, and 13 cm wavelengths and found that the apparent size of the source increases proportionally to the observing wavelength squared, as expected from source size broadening by interstellar scattering and as reported previously by other authors. We have also established an upper limit of about 8 mJy at 3.6 cm wavelength for any ultracompact component. The actual size of the source is less than 15 AU. Fourier analysis of our very sensitive 3.6 cm observations of this source shows no significant variations of correlated flux density on time scales from 12 to 700 s.

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