Mapping and imaging of the galactic center in the near infrared

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A cooled CCD has been used to produce an image of the Galactic center at an effective wavelength of 0.9 microns. The image shows two unresolved point sources separated by 3 arcseconds along the Galactic plane. These sources are very close to the compact non‐thermal radio source, and the 2.2 micron source IRS‐16. While it is possible that the new sources are a pair of highly reddened individual stars or compact clusters, it appears more likely that they are two compact HII regions seen via line emission. This conclusion is supported by a preliminary map of the region in Brackett γ. The 1.2 micron continuum map shows an enhancement near one of the sources, but the other source is not apparent.

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