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20082026
most citedON the Nature of the Local Spiral Arm of the Milky Way

200 citations · 1.2k across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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15 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Trigonometric Parallaxes of Maser Sources toward the Far Side of the Milky Way

Z. H. Lin, Y. Xu, M. Reid +2

We present trigonometric parallaxes and proper motions for eight maser sources associated with high-mass star-forming regions. Four 22 GHz HO masers and four 6.7 GHz CHOH m…

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.GA2025

Compact vs. Scattered: Suitability of Southern 6.7GHz Methanol Masers for VLBI astrometry

Lucas J. Hyland, Simon P. Ellingsen, Mark J. Reid

The 6.7~GHz methanol maser transition is exclusively associated with young, high-mass stars and represents a potential target for astrometric studies, including accurate determinat…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 8 cited

On the Structure of the Sagittarius Spiral Arm in the Inner Milky Way

S. B. Bian, Y. W. Wu, Y. Xu +6

We report measurements of trigonometric parallax and proper motion for two 6.7 GHz methanol and two 22 GHz water masers located in the far portion of the Sagittarius spiral arm as…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 12 cited

Inverse Multview I: Multi-Calibrator inverse phase referencing for Microarcsecond VLBI Astrometry

Lucas J. Hyland, Mark J. Reid, Simon P. Ellingsen +5

Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) astrometry is a well established technique for achieving as parallax accuracies at frequencies well above 10~GHz. At lower frequen…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 29 cited

Parallaxes of 6.7-GHz Methanol Masers towards the G305.2 High-Mass Star Formation Region

V Krishnan, S P Ellingsen, M J Reid +5

We have made measurements to determine the parallax and proper motion of the three 6.7-GHz methanol masers G305.2000.019, G305.2020.208 and G305.2080.206. The combined par…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 39 cited

First Parallax Measurements Towards a 6.7 GHz Methanol Maser with the Australian Long Baseline Array - Distance to G339.884-1.259

V. Krishnan, S. P. Ellingsen, M. J. Reid +23

We have conducted the first parallax and proper motion measurements of 6.7 GHz methanol maser emission using the Australian Long Baseline Array (LBA). The parallax of G339.8841.…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 151 cited

Trigonometric parallaxes of star forming regions in the Sagittarius spiral arm

Y. W. Wu, M. Sato, M. J. Reid +7

We report measurements of parallaxes and proper motions of ten high-mass star-forming regions in the Sagittarius spiral arm of the Milky Way as part of the BeSSeL Survey with the V…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 158 cited

Parallaxes for W49N and G048.60+0.02: Distant Star Forming Regions in the Perseus Spiral Arm

B. Zhang, M. J. Reid, K. M. Menten +4

We report trigonometric parallax measurements of 22 GHz HO masers in two massive star-forming regions from VLBA observations as part of the BeSSeL Survey. The distances of $11.…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 127 cited

The Parallax of W43: a Massive Star Forming Complex near the Galactic Bar

B. Zhang, L. Moscadelli, M. Sato +7

We report trigonometric parallax measurements of masers in the massive star forming complex W43 from VLBA observations as part of the BeSSeL Survey. Based on measurements of three…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 200 cited

ON the Nature of the Local Spiral Arm of the Milky Way

Y. Xu, J. J. Li, M. J. Reid +6

Trigonometric parallax measurements of nine water masers associated with the Local arm of the Milky Way were carried out as part of the BeSSeL Survey using the VLBA. When combined…

astro-ph.GA2011★ 151 cited

Trigonometric Parallaxes of Massive Star Forming Regions: VIII. G12.89+0.49, G15.03-0.68 (M17) and G27.36-0.16

Y. Xu, L. Moscadelli, M. J. Reid +4

We report trigonometric parallaxes for three massive star forming regions, corresponding to distances of kpc for G12.89+0.49 (also known as IRAS 18089-1732),…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 68 cited

Trigonometric Parallaxes of Massive Star-Forming Regions: VII. G9.62+0.20 and the Expanding 3 KPC-ARM

A. Sanna, M. J. Reid, L. Moscadelli +5

We report a trigonometric parallax of 12 GHz methanol masers associated with the massive star forming region G9.62+0.20, corresponding to a distance of 5.2+-0.6 kpc. With a local s…

astro-ph2008★ 104 cited

Trigonometric Parallaxes of Massive Star Forming Regions: IV. G35.20-0.74 and G35.20-1.74

B. Zhang, X. W. Zheng, M. J. Reid +4

We report trigonometric parallaxes for the high-mass star forming regions G35.20-0.74 and G35.20-1.74, corresponding to distances of 2.19 (+0.24 -0.20) kpc and 3.27 (+0.56 -0.42) k…

astro-ph2008★ 119 cited

Trigonometric Parallaxes of Massive Star Forming Regions: III. G59.7+0.1 and W 51 IRS2

Y. Xu, M. J. Reid, K. M. Menten +3

We report trigonometric parallaxes for G59.7+0.1 and W 51 IRS2, corresponding to distances of 2.16^{+0.10}_{-0.09} kpc and 5.1^{+2.9}_{-1.4} kpc, respectively. The distance to G59.…