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astro-ph2004
Total Opacity of Local Group Galaxies and Large Scale Structure behind the Galactic Bulge
Rosa A. Gonzalez, Benne Holwerda, Laurent Loinard +2
Recently, we have developed and calibrated the Synthetic Field Method to derive total extinction through disk galaxies. The method is based on the number counts and colors of dista…
astro-ph1998
Intrinsic Size and Shape of Sgr A*: 3.6 AU by <1 AU
K. Y. Lo, Z. -Q. Shen, J. -H. Zhao +1
By means of near-simultaneous multi-wavelength VLBA measurements, we determine for the first time the intrinsic size of Sgr A* to be 3.6 AU by <1 AU with the major axis oriented es…