First results from SPIFFI. I: The Galactic Center

• Published in: Astronomische Nachrichten Vol. 325; no. 2; pp. 88 - 91
• Main Authors: Horrobin, M., Eisenhauer, F., Tecza, M., Thatte, N., Genzel, R., Abuter, R., Iserlohe, C., Schreiber, J., Schegerer, A., Lutz, D., Ott, T., Schödel, R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin WILEY-VCH Verlag 01.02.2004; WILEY‐VCH Verlag
• Subjects: Galaxy: center

In this and a companion paper (Eisenhauer et al. 2003b), we discuss some of the scientific results obtained during the SPIFFI guest instrument runs at the VLT in March and April 2003. This paper concentrates on results for the Galactic Center. Section 1 discusses the stellar population of the Galact...