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We present the results of a high sensitivity survey for 6.7 GHz methanol masers towards 22 GHz water maser using the 100 m Efflesberg telescope. A total of 89 sources were observed and 10 new methanol masers were detected. The new…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-28 Y. Xu , J. J. Li , K. Hachisuka , J. D. Pandian , K. M. Menten , C. Henkel

6.7 GHz methanol masers are the brightest of class II methanol masers that are regarded as excellent signposts in the formation of young massive stars. We present here a molecular line study of 68 6.7 GHz methanol maser hosts chosen from…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-11-09 Sonu Tabitha Paulson , Jagadheep D. Pandian

We characterize the molecular environment of candidate massive young stellar objects (MYSOs) signposted by methanol masers. Single pixel observations of 10 transitions of HCO^+, CO and CS isotopomers were carried out, using the IRAM 30m…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Szymczak , A. Bartkiewicz , A. M. S. Richards

Methanol masers at 6.7 GHz are the brightest of class II methanol masers and have been found exclusively towards massive star forming regions. These masers can thus be used as a unique tool to probe the early phases of massive star…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-08 Sonu Tabitha Paulson , Jagadheep D. Pandian

We have made measurements to determine the parallax and proper motion of the three 6.7-GHz methanol masers G305.200$+$0.019, G305.202$+$0.208 and G305.208$+$0.206. The combined parallax is found to be 0.25$\pm $0.05 mas, corresponding to a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-14 V Krishnan , S P Ellingsen , M J Reid , H E Bignall , J McCallum , C J Phillips , C Reynolds , J Stevens

Methanol masers at 6.7~GHz are well-known signposts of high-mass star-forming regions. [...] We aim to understand the origin of the ring-like structures outlined by methanol maser emission in a number of sources. This emission could be, a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-06-19 A. Bartkiewicz , A. Sanna , M. Szymczak , L. Moscadelli , H. J. van Langevelde , P. Wolak , A. Kobak , M. Durjasz

We present the fourth portion of a Galactic Plane survey of methanol masers at 6668 MHz, spanning the longitude range 186 degrees to 330 degrees. We report 207 maser detections, 89 new to the survey. This completes the southern sky part of…

We report the detection of emission from the 6.7 GHz 5(1)-6(0)A+ transition of methanol towards the center of the nearby galaxy NGC4945. This is the first detection of emission in this transition beyond the local group. The isotropic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-25 Simon Ellingsen , Tiege McCarty , Shari Breen , Maxim Voronkov

We present data of proper motions of OH masers in the massive star-forming regions ON 1, K3-50, and W51 Main/South. OH maser motions in ON 1 are consistent with expansion at approximately 5 km/s, likely tracing the expanding ultracompact H…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Vincent L. Fish , Mark J. Reid

This Letter reports on initial Expanded Very Large Array (EVLA) observations of the 6035 MHz masers in ON 1. The EVLA data are of good quality, lending confidence in the new receiver system. Nineteen maser features, including six Zeeman…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Vincent L. Fish

Context. The high intensities and narrow bandwidths exhibited by some astronomical masers make them ideal tools for studying star-forming giant molecular clouds. The water maser transition $J_{K_{-1}K_{1}}=5_{32}-4_{41}$ at 620.701 GHz can…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-09-05 S. C. Jones , M. Houde , M. Harwit , M. Kidger , A. Kraus , C. McCoey , A. Marston , G. Melnick , K. M. Menten , P. Morris , D. Teyssier , V. Tolls

We present a (sub)millimeter line survey of the methanol maser outflow located in the massive star-forming region DR21(OH) carried out with the Submillimeter Array (SMA) at 217/227 GHz and 337/347 GHz. We find transitions from several…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-26 Ma. T. Orozco-Aguilera , Antonio Hernández-Gómez , Luis A. Zapata

We present the first maps of 4765-MHz OH masers in two star-forming regions Cepheus A and W75N, made with Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network. In Cep A the emission has an arc-like structure of size 40 mas with a clear…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 A. Niezurawska , M. Szymczak , R. J. Cohen , A. M. S. Richards

The 1612 and 1667 MHz OH maser lines have been measured in all four Stokes parameters in 47 proto-planetary nebula (PPN) candidates. Out of 42 objects detected, 40 and 34 are 1612 and 1667 MHz emitters, respectively. The spectral extent of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Szymczak , E. Gerard

We have used the Australia Telescope National Facility Mopra 22m millimetre telescope to search for emission from the 85.5-GHz and 86.6-GHz transitions of methanol. The search was targeted towards 22 star formation regions which exhibit…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. P. Ellingsen , D. M. Cragg , V. Minier , E. Muller , P. D. Godfrey

We report the result of a systematic methanol observation toward IRAS 19312+1950. The properties of the SiO, H2O and OH masers of this object are consistent with those of mass-losing evolved stars, but some other properties are difficult to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-06 Jun-ichi Nakashima , Andrej M. Sobolev , Svetlana V. Salii , Yong Zhang , Bosco H. K. Yung , Shuji Deguchi

Methanol masers which are traditionally divided into two classes provide possibility to study important parts of the star forming regions: Class~II masers trace vicinities of the massive YSOs while class~I masers are likely to trace more…

We have selected the positions of 54 6.7GHz methanol masers from the Methanol Multibeam Survey catalogue, covering a range of longitudes between $20^{\circ}$ and $34^{\circ}$ of the Galactic Plane. These positions were mapped in the J=3-2…

The 6.7~GHz methanol maser transition is exclusively associated with young, high-mass stars and represents a potential target for astrometric studies, including accurate determination of their distance through trigonometric parallax…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-21 Lucas J. Hyland , Simon P. Ellingsen , Mark J. Reid

We report the negative results from a search for 6.7 GHz methanol masers in the nearby spiral galaxy M33. We observed 14 GMCs in the central 4 kpc of the Galaxy, and found 3 sigma upper limits to the flux density of ~9 mJy in spectral…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. F. Goldsmith , J. D. Pandian , A. A. Deshpande