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2014MNRAS.441.1105F - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 441, 1105-1114 (2014/June-3)

Two estimates of the distance to the Galactic Centre.

FRANCIS C. and ANDERSON E.

Abstract (from CDS):

We use recently updated globular cluster distances to estimate the distance to the Galactic Centre, finding 7.4±0.2{verbar}stat±0.2{verbar}sys kpc from symmetry considerations, including a trough at the Galactic Centre and peaks denoting the position of the bar. We recalibrate the red clump magnitude from Hipparcos stars, finding a skew distribution and a significant difference between peak and mean magnitudes. We find an estimate from stars in the periphery of the bulge using 2MASS, R0 = 7.5±0.3 kpc, in agreement with the figure from the halo centroid. We resolve discrepancies in the literature between estimates from the red clump. Our results are consistent with those found by different methodologies after taking systematic errors into account.

Abstract Copyright: © 2014 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society (2014)

Journal keyword(s): Galaxy: bulge - Galaxy: centre - Galaxy: fundamental parameters - globular clusters: general

VizieR on-line data: <CDS Catalogue: VII/271>

Simbad objects: 14

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