Cambridge University Press, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, S380(18), p. 63-66, 2022
DOI: 10.1017/s1743921323002119
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AbstractWe present dual-frequency VLBI observations of a nearby radio galaxy NGC 4261 at 22 and 43 GHz using the East Asia VLBI Network. In particular, the first sub-pc scale image of the 22 GHz water megamaser line in the circumnuclear region of NGC 4261 is shown. Our results suggest that the megamaser emission in NGC 4261 can be associated with the inner radius of the obscuring disk, as it is proposed for the nearest radio-loud megamaser source NGC 1052. An alternative hypothesis on the megamaser association is the shock region of the interaction between the jet and ambient molecular clouds.