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Paper: Toward a Trigonometric Parallax of SGR A*
Volume: 144, Radio Emission from Galactic and Extragalactic Compact Sources, IAU Colloquium 164
Page: 335
Authors: Reid, M. J.; Readhead, A. C. S.; Vermeulen, R. C.; Treuhaft, R. N.
Abstract: We initiated a project with the VLBA to measure directly the distance to the Galactic Center, \Ro, via a trigonometric parallax. Here we describe the observing program and the first results--direct imaging of the effects of the Sun's orbit about the Galactic Center.
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