2003/05/06 by W. M. Goss, Robert L. Brown, K. Y. Lo · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Center (category theory) #Galactic Center #Galaxy #Interferometry #Milky Way #Physics #Radio astronomy #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Very-long-baseline interferometry #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1002/asna.200385047
8 pages,2 figures. Conference proceedings: "The central 300 parsecs of the Milky Way", editors A.Cotera, H.Falcke, T.R.Geballe, S.Markoff
arxiv created 2003/05/06 · openalex publication_date 2003/09/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The galactic center compact radio source Sgr A* was discovered on 13 and 15 February 1974 by Bruce Balick and Robert L. Brown using the Green Bank 35 km radio link interferometer (Balick & Brown 1974). We discuss other observations of this source in the years 1965–1985. Early VLBI observations are described. The name Sgr A* was first used by Robert L. Brown (1982) and has become the accepted name for the compact source at the center of the Milky Way.