Resolving the distance controversy for Sharpless 269 - A possible kink in the outer arm

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Table 1.

Information of the strongest S 269 maser spot detected, and both extragalactic sources used for parallax and proper motion estimate.

Source	α (J2000)	δ (J2000)	S_ν (Jy
name	(hh:mm:ss)	(°:′:″)	beam⁻¹)
S 269	06:14:37.6410	+13:49:36.6930	95.8
J0613+1306	06:13:57.6928	+13:06:45.4010	0.2
J0619+1454	06:19:52.8723	+14:54:02.7346	0.1

Notes. S 269 spot is shown in Fig. 1 and corresponds to spot I in Fig. 2. The peak flux density corresponds to the observations made at Epoch H.

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