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The Stars that Power the Galactic Centre

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2016

D. A. Allen
Affiliation:
Anglo-Australian Observatory
A. R. Hyland
Affiliation:
Mount Stromlo & Siding Spring Observatories
D. J. Hillier
Affiliation:
Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrohpysics
J. A. Bailey
Affiliation:
Anglo-Australian Observatory

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Using the infrared grating spectrometer FIGS on the Anglo-Australian Telescope we have mapped the inner parsec of the Galaxy. We used spectral resolutions of 1000 to observe He I λ2.058 and Brackett α, and 400 for complete K-band spectra.

Type
The Compact Central Objects
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1989 

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