Aims. The windows of low extinction in the Milky Way (MW) plane are rare but important because they enable us to place structural constraints on the opposite side of the Galaxy, which has hither to been done rarely. Methods. We use the near-infrared (near-IR) images of the VISTA Variables in the ...
Minniti, D.
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Saito, R.K.
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Gonzalez, O.A.
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Alonso-García, J.
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Rejkuba, M.
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Barbá, R.
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Irwin, M.
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Kammers, R.
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Lucas, P.W.
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Majaess, D.
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Valenti, E.
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[A new near-IR window of low extinction in the Galactic plane]
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A new near-IR window of low extinction in the Galactic plane
The 'VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea eXtended (VVVX)' ESO Public Survey is a nearinfrared photometric sky survey that covers nearly 1700 deg2 towards the Galactic disc and bulge. It is well-suited to search for newopen clusters, hidden behind dust and gas. The pipeline processed and calibrated ...
Borissova, J.
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Ivanov, V.D.
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Lucas, P.W.
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Kurtev, R.
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Alonso-Garcia, J.
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Ramírez Alegría, S.
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Minniti, D.
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Froebrich, D.
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Hempel, M.
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Medina, N.
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Chené, A.-N.
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Kuhn, M.A.
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[New Galactic star clusters discovered in the disc area of the VVVX survey]
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New Galactic star clusters discovered in the disc area of the VVVX survey
Context. The inner regions of the Galaxy are severely affected by extinction, which limits our capability to study the stellar populations present there. The Vista Variables in the Vía Láctea (VVV) ESO Public Survey has observed this zone at near-infrared wavelengths where reddening is highly dim...
Alonso-García, J.
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Saito, R.K.
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Hempel, M.
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Minniti, D.
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Pullen, J.
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Catelan, M.
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Ramos, R.C.
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Cross, N.J.G.
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Gonzalez, O.A.
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Lucas, P.W.
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Palma, T.
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Valenti, E.
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Zoccali, M.
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[Milky Way demographics with the VVV survey: IV. PSF photometry from almost one billion stars in the Galactic bulge and adjacent southern disk]
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Milky Way demographics with the VVV survey: IV. PSF photometry from almost one billion stars in the Galactic bulge and adjacent southern disk