We present VIRAC version 1, a near-infrared proper motion and parallax catalogue of the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) survey for 312 587 642 unique sources averaged across all overlapping pawprint and tile images covering 560 deg2 of the bulge of the MilkyWay and southern disc. The cata...
We present the nature of 50 hard X-ray emitting objects unveiled through an optical spectroscopy campaign performed at seven telescopes in the northern and southern hemispheres. These objects were detected with the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) instrument onboard the Swift satellite and listed as o...
Rojas, A.F.
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Masetti, N.
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Minniti, D.
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Jiménez-Bailón, E.
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Chavushyan, V.
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Hau, G.
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McBride, V.A.
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Bassani, L.
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Bazzano, A.
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Bird, A.J.
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Galaz, G.l.
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Gavignaud, I.
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Landi, R.
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Malizia, A.
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Morelli, L.
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Palazzi, E.
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Patiño-Álvarez, V.
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Stephen, J.B.
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Ubertini, P.
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[The nature of 50 Palermo Swift -BAT hard X-ray objects through optical spectroscopy]
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The nature of 50 Palermo Swift -BAT hard X-ray objects through optical spectroscopy
Context. Our view of the structure of the Milky Way and, in particular, its bulge is obscured by the intervening stars, dust, and gas in the disc. While great progress in understanding the bulge has been achieved with past and ongoing observations, the comparison of its global chemodynamical prop...
Gonzalez, O.A.
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Gadotti, D.A.
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Debattista, V.P.
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Rejkuba, M.de
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Valenti, E.
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Zoccali, M.
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Coccato, L.
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Minniti, D.
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Ness, M.
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[Comparing the properties of the X-shaped bulges of NGC 4710 and the Milky Way with MUSE]
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Comparing the properties of the X-shaped bulges of NGC 4710 and the Milky Way with MUSE
Context. The VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea (VVV) is a near-IR time-domain survey of the Galactic bulge and southern plane. One of the main goals of this survey is to reveal the 3D structure of the Milky Way through their variable stars. In particular, enormous numbers of RR Lyrae stars have b...
Gran, F.
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Minniti, D.
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Saito, R. K.
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Zoccali, M.
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Gonzalez, O. A.
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Navarrete, C.
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Catelan, M.
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Contreras Ramos, R.
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Elorrieta, F.
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Eyheramendy, S.
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Jordán, A.
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[Mapping the outer bulge with RRab stars from the VVV Survey]
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Mapping the outer bulge with RRab stars from the VVV Survey
We present the first stellar density profile of the Milky Way bulge that reaches latitude b = 0 degrees. The profile was derived by counting red clump stars within the colour-magnitude diagram that was constructed using the new PSF-fitting photometry from VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) s...
Valenti, E.
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Zoccali, M.
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Gonzalez, O. A.
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Minniti, D.
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Alonso-García, J.
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Marchetti, E.
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Hempel, M.
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Renzini, A.
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Rejkuba, M.
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[Stellar density profile and mass of the Milky Way bulge from VVV data]
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Stellar density profile and mass of the Milky Way bulge from VVV data