SOFIA/FORCAST observations of the Galactic Center
Abstract
In this talk I will summarize and discuss the results from our SOFIA/FORCAST GTO program on mid-infrared (19 - 37 μm) imaging of our Galactic Center. Our observations revealed the detailed "clumpy" morphology of the circumnuclear ring, the warm dusty torus around Sgr A*, and implicate its transient nature. We also imaged the most recent confirmed event of massive star formation in the inner 10 parsecs of the Galactic center as well as the HII region around the young massive Quintuplet cluster. Lastly, I will discuss the synergies between SOFIA and JWST for investigating massive star formation and the interstellar medium.
- Publication:
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42nd COSPAR Scientific Assembly
- Pub Date:
- July 2018
- Bibcode:
- 2018cosp...42E1945L