Imaging the Hot Molecular Gas at the Centre of the Galaxy
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
- Vol. 10 (1), 55-57
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s132335800001924x
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.Keywords
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