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most citedA Trigonometric Parallax of Sgr B2

235 citations · 955 across the 19 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

astro-ph.GA2023★ 13 cited

The parallax and 3D kinematics of water masers in the massive star-forming region G034.43+0.24

Xiaofeng Mai, Bo Zhang, M. J. Reid +12

We report a trigonometric parallax measurement of 22 GHz water masers in the massive star-forming region G034.43+0.24 as part of the Bar and Spiral Structure Legacy (BeSSeL) Survey…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 8 cited

A Milliarcsecond-accurate Position for Sagittarius A*

Shuangjing Xu, Bo Zhang, Mark J. Reid +3

The absolute position of Sgr A*, the compact radio source at the center of the Milky Way, had been uncertain by several tens of milliarcseconds. Here we report improved astrometric…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 2 cited

Water Maser Survey towards off-plane O-rich AGBs around the orbital plane of the Sagittarius Stellar Stream

Yuanwei Wu, Bo Zhang, Jingjing Li +1

A 22 GHz water maser survey was conducted towards 178 O-rich AGB stars with the aim of identifying maser emission associated with the Sagittarius stellar stream. In this survey, ma…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 11 cited

A VLBA Trigonometric Parallax for RR Aql and the Mira PL Relation

Yan Sun, Bo Zhang, Mark J. Reid +4

We report VLBA observations of 22 GHz HO and 43 GHz SiO masers toward the Mira variable RR Aql. By fitting the SiO maser emission to a circular ring, we estimate the absolute…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 57 cited

The Bar and Spiral Arms in the Milky Way: Structure and Kinematics

Juntai Shen, Xing-Wu Zheng

The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy with the Schechter characteristic luminosity , thus an important anchor point of the Hubble sequence of all spiral galaxies. Yet the true appe…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 6 cited

The radio properties of the OH megamaser galaxy IRAS 02524+2046

Hao Peng, Zhongzu Wu, Bo Zhang +7

We present results from VLBI observations of continuum and OH line emission in IRAS 02524+2046 and also arcsecond-scale radio properties of this galaxy using VLA archive data. We f…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 26 cited

Parallaxes for star forming regions in the inner Perseus spiral arm

Bo Zhang, Mark J. Reid, Lian Zhang +8

We report trigonometric parallax and proper motion measurements of 6.7-GHz CH3OH and 22-GHz H2O masers in eight high-mass star-forming regions (HMSFRs) based on VLBA observations a…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 20 cited

Extended ammonia observations towards the 'Integral-Shaped Filament'

Gang Wu, Keping Qiu, Jarken Esimbek +4

Recent observations suggest a scenario in which filamentary structures in the ISM represent the first step towards clumps/cores and eventually star formation. The densest filaments…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 33 cited

Widespread Presence of Glycolaldehyde and Ethylene Glycol Around Sagittarius B2

Juan Li, Zhiqiang Shen, Junzhi Wang +10

We report the detection of widespread CHOHCHO and HOCHCHOH emission in Galactic center giant molecular cloud Sagittarius B2 using the Shanghai Tianma 65m Radio Telescop…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 5 cited

SiO Maser Survey towards off-plane O-rich AGBs around the orbital plane of the Sagittarius Stellar Stream

Yuanwei Wu, Noriyuki Matsunaga, Ross A. Burns +1

We conducted an SiO maser survey towards 221 O-rich AGB stars with the aim of identifying maser emission associated with the Sagittarius stellar stream. In this survey, maser emiss…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 90 cited

The local spiral structure of the Milky Way

Ye Xu, Mark Reid, Thomas Dame +7

The nature of the spiral structure of the Milky Way has long been debated. Only in the last decade have astronomers been able to accurately measure distances to a substantial numbe…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 80 cited

On the Relationship of UC H II Regions and Class II Methanol Masers: I. Source Catalogs

Bo Hu, Karl M. Menten, Yuanwei Wu +5

We conducted VLA C-configuration observations to measure positions and luminosities of Galactic Class II 6.7 GHz methanol masers and their associated ultra-compact H II regions. Th…

astro-ph.GA2014

The catalogues and mid-infrared environment of Interstellar OH Masers

Haihua Qiao, Juan Li, Zhiqiang Shen +2

Data for a number of OH maser lines have been collected from surveys. The posi- tions are compared to recent mid-infrared (MIR) surveys such as Spitzer-GLIMPSE and WISE, restrictin…

astro-ph.SR2013★ 18 cited

Distribution of HNCO 5 in Massive Star-forming Regions

Juan Li, Junzhi Wang, Qiusheng Gu +1

The goal of this paper is to study the spatial distribution of HNCO in massive star-forming regions, and investigate its spatial association with infrared sources, as well as physi…

astro-ph.SR2011★ 40 cited

Large-Scale Kinematics, Astrochemistry and Magnetic Field Studies of Massive Star-forming Regions through HC3N, HNC and C2H Mappings

Juan Li, Junzhi Wang, Qiusheng Gu +2

We have mapped 27 massive star-forming regions associated with water masers using three dense gas tracers: HC3N 10-9, HNC 1-0 and C2H 1-0. The FWHM sizes of HNC clumps and C2H clum…

astro-ph.GA2011★ 174 cited

The Bar and Spiral Structure Legacy (BeSSeL) Survey: Mapping the Milky Way with VLBI Astrometry

Andreas Brunthaler, Mark J. Reid, Karl M. Menten +14

Astrometric Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) observations of maser sources in the Milky Way are used to map the spiral structure of our Galaxy and to determine fundamental…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 235 cited

A Trigonometric Parallax of Sgr B2

M. J. Reid, K. M. Menten, X. W. Zheng +2

We have measured the positions of water masers in Sgr B2, a massive star forming region in the Galactic center, relative to an extragalactic radio source with the Very Long Baselin…

astro-ph2005★ 108 cited

Full-Polarization Observations of OH Masers in Massive Star-Forming Regions: I. Data

Vincent L. Fish, Mark J. Reid, Alice L. Argon +1

We present full-polarization VLBA maps of the ground-state, main-line, 2 Pi 3/2, J = 3/2 OH masers in 18 Galactic massive star-forming regions. This is the first large polarization…

astro-ph1997★ 29 cited

VLBA Imaging of the OH Maser in IIIZw35

A. S. Trotter, J. M. Moran, L. J. Greenhill +2

We present a parsec-scale image of the OH maser in the nucleus of the active galaxy IIIZw35, made using the Very Long Baseline Array at a wavelength of 18 cm. We detected two disti…