Mid-infrared imaging of Orion BN/KL - Astrometry of IRc2 and the SiO maser

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Astrometry, Infrared Imagery, Interstellar Masers, Point Sources, Silicon Oxides, Infrared Radiation, Interstellar Matter, Orion Nebula, Radio Sources (Astronomy)

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Array images of Orion BN/KL at nine midinfrared (5-20 microns) wavelengths have revealed a subarcsecond structure near IRc2 which provides new constraints on the relationship between IRc2 and the Orion SiO maser. The infrared source positions have been improved, and IRc2 is found to be displaced 0.8 +/- 0.2 arcsec (at least 400 AU) from the SiO maser, an order of magnitude greater than the separation assumed in the current maser model. The SiO maser and the IRc2 midinfrared source may be physically independent objects. There are indications that IRc2 is eroded on the south side adjacent to the SiO/H2O maser cluster, suggesting that another luminous object near IRc2, most likely a stellar object associated with radio continuum point source 'I', is the host for the Orion SiO maser.

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