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The distance and neutral environment of the massive stellar cluster Westerlund 1

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077309
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  1. National Research Council Canada. NRC Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics
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Subjectgalaxy: open clusters and associations: individual: Westerlund 1; ISM: bubbles; stars: winds, outflows; ISM: H ii regions; ISM: supernova remnants
Abstract
In spite of a large number of recent publications about the massive stellar cluster Westerlund 1, its distance from the Sun remains uncertain with values as low as 1.1 kpc, but largely between 4 and 5 kpc.
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PublisherEDP Sciences
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  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 468, no. 3 (27 April 2007): 993–1000.
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedYes
NPARC number13053371
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