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Proper motion studies of H2O masers

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Astrophysical Masers

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The work of the CfA group over the past decade to measure the proper motions of H2O masers in our Galaxy is described. The distances to 7 masers have been measured and the distance to the Galactic Center, Ro, is estimated to be 7.6 ± 0.6 kpc. Various technical aspects of the measurements are discussed here.

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  1. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, 02138, Cambridge, MA, USA

    J. M. Moran & M. J. Reid

  2. University of California at Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Broida Hall, CA 93106, Santa Barbara, USA

    C. R. Gwinn

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Moran, J.M., Reid, M.J., Gwinn, C.R. (1993). Proper motion studies of H2O masers. In: Clegg, A.W., Nedoluha, G.E. (eds) Astrophysical Masers. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 412. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-56343-1_254

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