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Imaging the Hot Molecular Gas at the Centre of the Galaxy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Michael Burton  and
David Allen
Michael Burton
Affiliation:
Anglo-Australian Observatory, PO Box 296, Epping, NSW 2121
David Allen
Affiliation:
Anglo-Australian Observatory, PO Box 296, Epping, NSW 2121
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Abstract

The AAT’S new IR array camera, IRIS, has been used to image the Galactic Centre in the He I (2.058μm), H+ Br γ(2.166μm) and H2 1-0 S(l) (2.122μm) emission lines. The case is presented for UV-excitation of the molecular gas, as opposed to shocks.

Type
Galactic and Stellar
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , 1992 , pp. 55 - 57
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1992

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