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
Deep near-IR images from the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) Survey were used to search for RR Lyrae stars in the Southern Galactic plane. A sizable sample of 404 RR Lyrae of type ab stars was identified across a thin slice of the fourth Galactic quadrant (295 degrees < l < 350 degrees, -...
Minniti, D.
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Dékány, I.
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Majaess, D.
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Palma, T.
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Pullen, J.
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Rejkuba, M.
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Alonso-García, J.
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Catelan, M.
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Contreras Ramos, R.
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Gonzalez, O.A.
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Hempel, M.
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Irwin, M.l
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Lucas, P.W.
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Saito, R.K.
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Tissera, P.
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Valenti, E.
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Zoccali, M.
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[Characterization of the VVV Survey RR Lyrae Population across the Southern Galactic Plane]
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Characterization of the VVV Survey RR Lyrae Population across the Southern Galactic Plane
This paper is based on observations made with ESO telescopes at the La Silla Paranal Observatory under program ID 092.B-0104(A). We have made extensive use of the SIMBAD Database at CDS (Centre de Données astronomiques) Strasbourg, the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED), which is operated by ...
Ivanov, V.D.
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Piatti, A.E.
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Beamín, J.-C.
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Minniti, D.
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Borissova, J.
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Kurtev, R.
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Hempel, M.
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Saito, R.K.
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[Candidate star clusters toward the inner Milky Way discovered on deep-stacked KS-band images from the VVV Survey]
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Candidate star clusters toward the inner Milky Way discovered on deep-stacked KS-band images from the VVV 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
We report the discovery of an enigmatic large-amplitude (ΔKs >10.5 mag) transient event in near-IR data obtained by the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) ESO Public Survey. The object (designated VVV-WIT- 06) is located at R.A.=17:07:18.917, decl.=-39:06:26.45 (J2000), corresponding to Gala...
Minniti, D.
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Saito, R.K.
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Forster, F.
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Pignata, G.
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Ivanov, V.D.
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Lucas, P.W.
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Beamin, J.C.
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Borissova, J.
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Catelan, M.
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Gonzalez, O.A.
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Hempel, M.
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Hsiao, E.
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Kurtev, R.
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Majaess, D.
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Masetti, N.
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Morrell, N.I.
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Phillips, M.M.
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Pullen, J.B.
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Rejkuba, M.
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Smith, L.
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Surot, F.
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Valenti, E.
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Zoccali, M.
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[The Emergence of the Infrared Transient VVV-WIT-06]
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The Emergence of the Infrared Transient VVV-WIT-06
Interstellar extinction toward the Galactic Center (GC) is large and significantly differential. Its reddening and dimming effects in red clump (RC) stars in the Galactic Bulge can be exploited to better constrain the extinction law toward the innermost Galaxy. By virtue of a deep and complete ca...
Alonso-García, J.
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Minniti, D.
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Catelan, M.
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Contreras Ramos, R.
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Gonzalez, O.A.
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Hempel, M.
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Lucas, P.W.
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Saito, R.K.
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Valenti, E.
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Zoccali, M.
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[Extinction ratios in the inner Galaxy as revealed by the VVV survey]
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Extinction ratios in the inner Galaxy as revealed by the VVV survey
It is likely that a number of Galactic globular clusters remain to be discovered, especially toward the Galactic bulge. High stellar density combined with high and differential interstellar reddening are the two major problems for finding globular clusters located toward the bulge. We use the dee...
Minniti, D.
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Geisler, D.
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Alonso-Garcia, J.
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Palma, T.
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Beamin, J.C.
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Borissova, J.
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Catelan, M.
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Clariá, J.J.
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Cohen, R.E.
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Ramos, R.C.
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Dias, B.
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Fernández-Trincado, J.G.
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Gómez, M.
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Hempel, M.
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Ivanov, V.D.
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Kurtev, R.
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Lucas, P.W.
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Moni-Bidin, C.
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Pullen, J.
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Alegria, S.R.
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Saito, R.K.
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Valenti, E.
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[New VVV Survey Globular Cluster Candidates in the Milky Way Bulge]
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New VVV Survey Globular Cluster Candidates in the Milky Way Bulge