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We have studied the kinematics of Galactic masers and radio stars with measured VLBI trigonometric parallaxes and proper motions. We have considered masers with relative trigonometric parallax errors less than 10\({\%}\) and determined the Galactic rotation parameters from them. In particular, the linear rotation velocity of the Galaxy at the solar distance \(R_{0}\) has been found to be \(244.4\pm 4.3\) km s\({}^{-1}\) (for the adopted \(R_{0}=8.1\pm 0.1\) kpc). We have performed a joint and separate spectral analysis of the radial, residual tangential, and vertical maser velocities. For example, from the vertical maser velocities we have estimated the velocity perturbation amplitude \(f_{W}=5.2\pm 1.5\) km s\({}^{-1}\) with the wavelength \(\lambda_{W}=2.6\pm 0.7\) kpc, arguing for the influence of the spiral density wave on the vertical stellar velocities. Based on 104 masers within 3 kpc of the Sun, as a result of the joint solution, we have estimated the radial, \(f_{R}=6.7\pm 1.1\) km s\({}^{-1}\), and tangential, \(f_{\theta}=2.6\pm 1.2\) km s\({}^{-1}\), velocity perturbations, the perturbation wavelength \(\lambda=2.1\pm 0.3\) kpc, and the Sun’s phase in the Galactic spiral density wave \(\chi_{\odot}={-}148^{\circ}\pm 15^{\circ}\). We have confirmed the presence of the Radcliffe wave in the spatial distribution of masers and radio stars belonging to the Local Arm.
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Bobylev, V.V., Bajkova, A.T. Parameters of the Galactic Spiral Density Wave from Masers with Parallax Errors Less Than 10\(\boldsymbol{\%}\). Astron. Lett. 48, 376–388 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063773722070015
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