[Top left] Density distribution of molecular gas in Sgr-B molecular complex after applying the FOT projected on the sky (|$(X,Z)$| plane) mimicking the moment 0 map. Scale is in pc. [Top right] Same, but projected on the |$(Y,Z)$| plane, showing a side view of the complex from the east, where Y is increasing toward the Sun. Note the bow shape about the Galactic plane. [Bottom left] Same, but projected on the Galactic plane (|$(X,Y)$| plane). Magenta dots represent a ring in the galactic plane of radius 120 pc approximately representing the GC Arm I. Thus obtained 3D gas distribution composes a molecular-bow structure sheathing the Sgr-B2 SF region, making a giant cometary H ii region (GCH) open toward the Sun. [Bottom right] Same, but on wider |$XY$| area including the CMZ. Sgr A|$^{*}$| is at the centre, |$(X,Y)=(0,0)$|, and the magenta circle is the 120 pc ring with GC Arm I and II (Sofue 1995). The Sun is to positive Y (downward) The outskirts of Sgr-B complex is extended for |$\sim 100$| pc in the line-of-sight direction.
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