Trigonometric Parallaxes of Massive Star Forming Regions: I. S 252 & G232.6+1.0

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2008-11-04

arxiv.org/abs/0811.0595v1

Astrophys.J.693:397-405,2009

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

30 pages, 8 figures; to appear in the Astrophysical Journal

Scientific paper

10.1088/0004-637X/693/1/397

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 about 1 km/s. Both sources orbit the Galaxy about 13 km/s slower than circular rotation.

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