Paper:	SiO and H_2O Masers in the Central Parsec of the Galaxy
Volume:	144, Radio Emission from Galactic and Extragalactic Compact Sources, IAU Colloquium 164
Page:	229
Authors:	Menten, K. M.; Reid, M. J.
Abstract:	We have discovered maser emission from SiO and H_2O molecules toward a number of evolved stars within the central parsec of our Galaxy. The maser positions can be registered with milliarcsecond precision relative to the radio continuum emission of the nonthermal Galactic center source Sgr A*. Since the masing stars are prominent infrared sources, our data can be used to locate the position of Sgr A* on infrared images of the Galactic center region. Using VLBA observations it will be possible to measure proper motions of the maser stars, which can be used to put constraints on the mass distribution in the central parsec.

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