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VLTI observations of IRS~3: The brightest compact MIR source at the Galactic Centre

J. -U. Pott, A. Eckart, A. Glindemann, T. Viehmann, R. Schödel, C. Straubmeier, C. Leinert, M. Feldt, R. Genzel, M. Robberto

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0505189

Abstract

The dust enshrouded star IRS~3 in the central light year of our galaxy was partially resolved in a recent VLTI experiment. The presented observation is the first step in investigating both IRS~3 in particular and the stellar population of the Galactic Centre in general with the VLTI at highest angular resolution. We will outline which scientific issues can be addressed by a complete MIDI dataset on IRS~3 in the mid infrared.

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