3 papers
astro-ph.GA2026
An updated model for the Perseus Spiral Arm from Trigonometric Parallax and 3-dimensional kinematic distances of distant massive stars
Lucas J. Hyland, Mark J. Reid, Simon P. Ellingsen +3
We report trigonometric parallaxes and proper motions for three water masers and one methanol maser obtained with the VLBA as part of the BeSSeL Survey. Incorporating these paralla…
astro-ph.SR2026
VLBI astrometry of radio stars to link radio and optical celestial reference frames - II. 11 radio stars
Jingdong Zhang, Bo Zhang, Shuangjing Xu +10
The alignment between the radio-based International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF) and the optical Gaia Celestial Reference Frame (Gaia-CRF) is critical for multi-waveband astron…
astro-ph.GA2025
The Expanding 3 kpc Arms Are Neither Expanding nor Spiral Arms but X1 Orbits Driven by the Galactic Bar
Jayender Kumar, Mark J. Reid, T. M. Dame +6
Near the center of our Milky Way is a bar-like structure and the so-called Expanding 3-kpc arms. We currently have limited knowledge of this important region, since we are about 8.…