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- ItemA colour-excess extinction map of the southern Galactic disc from the VVV and GLIMPSE surveys(2019) Soto, M.; Barba, R.; Minniti, D.; Kunder, A.; Majaess, D.; Nilo Castellon, J. L.; Alonso García, J.; Leone, G.; Contreras Ramos, Rodrigo Andrés; Hempel, Maren; Morelli, Lorenzo; Haikala, L.; Firpo, V.; Lucas, P.; Emerson, J. P.; Bidin, C. M.; Geisler, D.; Saito, R. K.; Gurovich, S.; Rejkuba, M.; Barbieri, M.; Román Lopes, A.; Alonso, M. V.; Baravalle, L. D.; Borissova, J.; Kurtev, R.; Milla, F
- ItemA hundred new eclipsing binary system candidates studied in a near-infrared window in the VVV survey(2020) Gramajo, L. V.; Palma, T.; Minniti, D.; Saito, R. K.; Claria, J. J.; Kammers, R.; Surot Madrid, Francisco Ricardo
- ItemBulge RR Lyrae stars in the VVV tile b201(2015) Gran, F.; Minniti, D.; Saito, R. K.; Navarrete, C.; Dékány, I.; McDonald, I.; Contreras Ramos, Rodrigo Andrés; Catelan, Márcio
- ItemDiscovery of VVV CL001 A low-mass globular cluster next to UKS 1 in the direction of the Galactic bulge(EDP SCIENCES S A, 2011) Minniti, D.; Hempel, M.; Toledo, I.; Ivanov, V. D.; Alonso Garcia, J.; Saito, R. K.; Catelan, M.; Geisler, D.; Jordan, A.; Borissova, J.; Zoccali, M.; Kurtev, R.; Carraro, G.; Barbuy, B.; Claria, J.; Rejkuba, M.; Emerson, J.; Moni Bidin, C.Context. It is not known how many globular clusters may remain undetected towards the Galactic bulge.
- ItemMassive open star clusters using the VVV survey. III. A young massive cluster at the far edge of the Galactic bar(2014) Ramírez Alegría, S.; Borissova, J.; Chené, A. N.; O'Leary, E.; Amigo, P.; Minniti, D.; Saito, R. K.; Geisler, D.; Kurtev, R.; Hempel, M.; Gromadzki, M.; Clarke, J. R. A.; Negueruela, I.; Marco, A.; Fierro, C.; Bonatto, C.; Catelan, MárcioContext. Young massive clusters are key to map the Milky Way's structure, and near-infrared large area sky surveys have contributed strongly to the discovery of new obscured massive stellar clusters. Aims: We present the third article in a series of papers focused on young and massive clusters discovered in the VVV survey. This article is dedicated to the physical characterization of VVV CL086, using part of its OB-stellar population. Methods: We physically characterized the cluster using JHKS near-infrared photometry from ESO public survey VVV images, using the VVV-SkZ pipeline, and near-infrared K-band spectroscopy, following the methodology presented in the first article of the series. Results: Individual distances for two observed stars indicate that the cluster is located at the far edge of the Galactic bar. These stars, which are probable cluster members from the statistically field-star decontaminated CMD, have spectral types between O9 and B0 V. According to our analysis, this young cluster (1.0 Myr < age < 5.0 Myr) is located at a distance of 11+5-6 kpc, and we estimate a lower limit for the cluster total mass of (2.8+1.6-1.4) · 103 M⊙. It is likely that the cluster contains even earlier and more massive stars. Based on observations taken within the ESO VISTA Public Survey VVV (programme ID 179.B-2002), and with ISAAC, VLT, ESO (programme 087.D-0341A).Near-IR photometry of the most probable cluster members is only available at the CDS via anonymous ftp to http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr (ftp://130.79.128.5) or via http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/qcat?J/A+A/564/L9...
- ItemMilky Way demographics with the VVV survey I. The 84-million star colour-magnitude diagram of the Galactic bulge(EDP SCIENCES S A, 2012) Saito, R. K.; Minniti, D.; Dias, B.; Hempel, M.; Rejkuba, M.; Alonso Garcia, J.; Barbuy, B.; Catelan, M.; Emerson, J. P.; Gonzalez, O. A.; Lucas, P. W.; Zoccali, M.Context. The Milky Way (MW) bulge is a fundamental Galactic component for understanding the formation and evolution of galaxies, in particular our own. The ESO Public Survey VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea is a deep near-IR survey mapping the Galactic bulge and southern plane. Particularly for the bulge area, VVV is covering similar to 315 deg(2). Data taken during 2010 and 2011 covered the entire bulge area in the JHKs bands.
- ItemProper motions and brown dwarfs in the VVV survey(2014) Beamín Muhlenbrock, Juan Carlos; Minniti, Dante; Gromadzki, M.; Kurtev, R.; Ivanov, V. D.; Peña Ramírez, Karla Yulien; Saito, R. K.; Borissova, J.We use the first three years of observations of the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea Survey, to create a catalog of high proper motion objects, and search for nearby objects, here we describe the initial results including the discovery the first brown dwarf in the VVV survey.
- ItemReddening-Free Indices in the VISTA Filter System(2014) Catelan , Marcio; Leyton, P. P.; Saito, R. K.; Borissova, J.; Popescu, B.Reddening-free indices represent a powerful, and yet little used, approach to problems where reddening/extinction constitute a serious issue, without having to deal with the extinction of any individual star. Here we report on our progress in obtaining reddening-free indices, in the VISTA filter system....
- ItemSearches for variability in the Milky Way bulge with the VVV Survey(2014) Saito, R. K.; Minniti, D.; Catelan, Marcio; Gran, F.; Iglesias, D.; Muro, G.; Beamin, J. C.; Dékány, I.VVV is an ongoing near-IR, multi-band, time-series survey of the Galactic bulge and plane. Here we summarize the first results from a search for variability in selected fields of the VVV bulge area....
- ItemStellar variability in the VVV survey(2013) Catelan, Márcio; Minniti, D.; Lucas, P. W.; Dékány, I.; Saito, R. K.; Angeloni, Rodolfo; Alonso-García, J.; Hempel, M.; Helminiak, Krzysztof Grzegorz; Jordán, A.; Contreras Ramos, Rodrigo Andrés; Navarrete, C.; Beamin Muhlenbrock, Juan Carlos; Rojas, A. F.; Gran, F.; Ferreira Lopes, C. E.; Contreras Peña, Carlos Eduardo; Kerins, E.; Huckvale, L.; Rejkuba, M.; Cohen, R.; Mauro, F.; Borissova, J.; Amigo, P.; Eyheramendy Duerr, Susana; Pichara Baksai, Karim Elías; Espinoza, N.; Navarro, C.; Hajdu, G.; Calderón Espinoza, Diego Nicolás; Muro, G. A.; Andrews, H.; Motta, V.; Kurtev, R.; Emerson, J. P.; Moni Bidin, C.; Chené, A. -N.The Vista Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) ESO Public Survey is an ongoing time-series, near-infrared (IR) survey of the Galactic bulge and an adjacent portion of the inner disk, covering 562 square degrees of the sky, using ESOs VISTA telescope. The survey has provided superb multi-color photometry in 5 broadband filters ($Z$, $Y$, $J$, $H$, and $K_s$), leading to the best map of the inner Milky Way ever obtained, particularly in the near-IR. The main variability part of the survey, which is focused on $K_s$-band observations, is currently underway, with bulge fields having been observed between 31 and 70 times, and disk fields between 17 and 36 times. When the survey is complete, bulge (disk) fields will have been observed up to a total of 100 (60) times, providing unprecedented depth and time coverage. Here we provide a first overview of stellar variability in the VVV data, including examples of the light curves that have been collected thus far, scientific applications, and our efforts towards the automated classification of VVV light curves....
- ItemStellar variability in the VVV survey: overview and first results(2013) Catelan, Márcio; Minniti, D.; Lucas, P. W.; Dékány, I.; Saito, R. K.; Angeloni, Rodolfo; Alonso-García, J.; Hempel, M.; Hełminiak, K.; Jordán, A.; Contreras Ramos, Rodrigo Andrés; Navarrete, C.; Beamin Muhlenbrock, Juan Carlos; Rojas, A. F.; Gran, F.; Ferreira Lopes, C. E.; Contreras Peña, Carlos Eduardo; Kerins, E.; Huckvale, L.; Rejkuba, M.; Cohen, R.; Mauro, F.; Borissova, J.; Amigo, P.; Eyheramendy Duerr, Susana; Pichara Baksai, Karim Elías; Espinoza, N.; Navarro, C.; Hajdu, G.; Calderón Espinoza, Diego Nicolás; Muro, G. A.; Andrews, H.; Motta, V.; Kurtev, R.; Emerson, J. P.; Moni Bidin, C.; Chené, A. -N.The Vista Variables in the Vía Láctea (VVV) ESO Public Survey is an ongoing time-series, near-infrared (IR) survey of the Galactic bulge and an adjacent portion of the inner disk, covering 562 square degrees of the sky, using ESOs VISTA telescope. The survey has provided superb multi-color photometry in 5 broadband filters (Z, Y, J, H, and K<SUB>s</SUB> ), leading to the best map of the inner Milky Way ever obtained, particularly in the near-IR. The main part of the survey, which is focused on the variability in the K<SUB>s</SUB> -band, is currently underway, with bulge fields observed between 34 and 73 times, and disk fields between 34 and 36 times. When the survey is complete, bulge (disk) fields will have been observed up to a total of 100 (60) times, providing unprecedented depth and time coverage in the near-IR. Here we provide a first overview of stellar variability in the VVV data....
- ItemThe asymptotic evolution of the stellar merger V1309 Sco : a Blue Straggler in the making?(2019) Ferreira, T.; Saito, R. K.; Minniti, D.; Navarro, M. G.; Contreras Ramos, Rodrigo Andrés; Smith, L.; Lucas, P. W.
- ItemThe Emergence of the Infrared Transient VVV-WIT-06(2017) Minniti, D.; Saito, R. K.; Forster, F.; Pignata, Giuliano; Ivanov, V. D.; Lucas, P. W.; Beamin, J. C.; Borissova, J.; Catelan, Márcio; Hempel, Maren
- ItemThe likely progenitor of Nova ASASSN-16ma(2016) Saito, R. K.; Minniti, D.; Catelan, Marcio; Angeloni, R.Stanek et al. (ATel #9669) recently reported on the rising of a likely Galactic Nova in the Milky Way bulge, confirmed by spectroscopic observations by the ARAS Group (Luckas 2016, ATel #9678).
- ItemThe progenitor of Nova ASASSN-16kd(2016) Saito, R. K.; Minniti, D.; Catelan, Marcio; Angeloni, R.; Gutierrez, L. A.Stanek et al. (ATel #9469) recently reported on the discovery of a likely classical Nova in the Milky Way bulge, confirmed by spectroscopic observations by the ARAS Group (Bohlsen 2016, ATel #9477)....
- ItemThe Vista Variables in the Vía Láctea (VVV) ESO Public Survey: Current Status and First Results(2011) Catelan, Marcio; Minniti, D.; Lucas, P. W.; Alonso-García, J.; Angeloni, R.; Beamín, J. C.; Bonatto, C.; Borissova, J.; Contreras, C.; Cross, N.; Dékáany, I.; Emerson, J. P.; Eyheramendy, S.; Geisler, D.; González-Solares, E.; Helminiak, K. G.; Hempel, M.; Irwin, M. J.; Ivanov, V. D.; Jordán, A.; Kerins, E.; Kurtev, R.; Mauro, F.; Moni Bidin, C.; Navarrete, C.; Pérez, P.; Pichara, K.; Read, M.; Rejkuba, M.; Saito, R. K.; Sale, S. E.; Toledo, I.Vista Variables in the Vía Láctea (VVV) is an ESO Public Survey that is performing a variability survey of the Galactic bulge and part of the inner disk using ESO's Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA). The survey covers 520 { deg}^2 of sky area in the ZYJHK_S filters, for a total observing time of 1929 hours, including ∼ 10^9 point sources and an estimated ∼ 10^6 variable stars. Here we describe the current status of the VVV Survey, in addition to a variety of new results based on VVV data, including light curves for variable stars, newly discovered globular clusters, open clusters, and associations. A set of reddening-free indices based on the ZYJHK_S system is also introduced. Finally, we provide an overview of the VVV Templates Project, whose main goal is to derive well-defined light curve templates in the near-IR, for the automated classification of VVV light curves....
- ItemThe VVV Survey of the Milky Way: first year results(2011) Minniti, D.; Clariá, J. J.; Saito, R. K.; Hempel, M.; Lucas, P. W.; Rejkuba, M.; Toledo, I.; Gonzalez, O. A.; Alonso-García, J.; Irwin, M. J.; Gonzalez-Solares, E.; Cross, N.; Ivanov, V. D.; Soto, M.; Dékány, I.; Angeloni, R.; Catelan, Marcio; Amôres, E. B.; Gurovich, S.; Emerson, J. P.; Lewis, J.; Hodgkin, S.; Pietrukowicz, P.; Zoccali, M.; Sale, S. E.; Barbá, R.; Barbuy, B.; Beamin, J. C.; Helminiak, K.; Borissova, J.; Folkes, S. L.; Gamen, R. C.; Geisler, D.; Mauro, F.; Chené, A. -N.; Alonso, M. V.; Gunthardt, G.; Hanson, M.; Kerins, E.; Kurtev, R.; Majaess, D.; Martín, E.; Masetti, N.; Mirabel, I. F.; Monaco, L.; Moni Bidin, C.; Padilla, N.; Rojas, A.; Pietrzynski, G.; Saviane, I.; Valenti, E.; Weidmann, W.; López-Corredoira, M.; Ahumada, A. V.; Aigrain, S.; Arias, J. I.; Bica, E.; Bandyopadhyay, R. M.; Baume, G.; Bedin, L. R.; Bonatto, C.; Bronfman, L.; Carraro, G.; Contreras, C.; Davis, C. J.; de Grijs, R.; Dias, B.; Drew, J. E.; Fariña, C.; Feinstein, C.; Fernández Lajús, E.; Gieren, W.; Goldman, B.; Gosling, A.; Hambly, N. C.; Hoare, M.; Jordán, A.; Kinemuchi, K.; Maccarone, T.; Merlo, D. C.; Mennickent, R. E.; Morelli, L.; Motta, V.; Palma, T.; Popescu, B.; Parisi, M. C.; Parker, Q.; Pignata, G.; Read, M. A.; Ruiz, M. T.; Roman-Lopes, A.; Schreiber, M. R.; Schröder, A. C.; Smith, M.; Sodré, L., Jr.; Stephens, A. W.; Walton, N. A.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Tamura, M.; Tappert, C.; Thompson, M. A.; Vanzi, L.The VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) is an ESO public near-IR variability survey that is scanning the Milky Way bulge and an adjacent section of the Galactic mid-plane. The survey will take 1929 hours of observations with the VISTA 4.1-m telescope during five years, covering a billion point sources across an area of 520 sqdeg, including 36 known globular clusters and more than 350 open clusters. The final product will be a deep IR atlas in five passbands (0.9 - 2.5 microns) and a catalogue of more than a million variable point sources....
- ItemThe VVV Survey: New Results (Part I)(2014) Minniti, D.; Saito, R. K.; Hempel, M.; Lucas, P. W.; Rejkuba, M.; Toledo, I.; Gonzalez, O. A.; Alonso-García, J.; Irwin, M. J.; Gonzalez-Solares, E.; Hodgkin, S. T.; Lewis, J. R.; Cross, N.; Ivanov, V. D.; Kerins, E.; Emerson, J. P.; Soto, M.; Amôres, E. B.; Gurovich, S.; Dékány, I.; Angeloni, R.; Beamin, J. C.; Catelan, Marcio; Padilla, N.; Zoccali, M.; Pietrukowicz, P.; Moni Bidin, C.; Mauro, F.; Geisler, D.; Folkes, S. L.; Sale, S. E.; Borissova, J.; Kurtev, R.; Ahumada, A. V.; Alonso, M. V.; Adamson, A.; Arias, J. I.; Bandyopadhyay, R. M.; Barbá, R. H.; Barbuy, B.; Baume, G. L.; Bedin, L. R.; Benjamin, R.; Bica, E.; Bonatto, C.; Bronfman, L.; Carraro, G.; Chenè, A. N.; Clariá, J. J.; Clarke, J. R. A.; Contreras, C.; Corvillón, A.; de Grijs, R.; Dias, B.; Drew, J. E.; Fariía, C.; Feinstein, C.; Fernández-Lajús, E.; Gamen, R. C.; Gieren, W.; Goldman, B.; González-Fernández, C.; Grand, R. J. J.; Gunthardt, G.; Hambly, N. C.; Hanson, M. M.; Helminiak, K.; Hoare, M. G.; Huckvale, L.; Jordán, A.; Kinemuchi, K.; Longmore, A.; López-Corredoira, M.; Maccarone, T.; Majaess, D.; Martín, E.; Masetti, N.; Mennickent, R. E.; Mirabel, I. F.; Monaco, L.; Morelli, L.; Motta, V.; Palma, T.; Parisi, M. C.; Parker, Q.; Peñaloza, F.; Pietrzyński, G.; Pignata, G.; Popescu, B.; Read, M. A.; Rojas, A.; Roman-Lopes, A.; Ruiz, M. T.; Saviane, I.; Schreiber, M. R.; Schröder, A. C.; Sharma, S.; Smith, M. D.; Sodré, L.; Stead, J.; Stephens, A. W.; Tamura, M.; Tappert, C.; Thompson, M. A.; Valenti, E.; Vanzi, L.; Walton, N. A.; Weidmann, W.; Zijlstra, A.
- ItemThe VVV Survey: New Results (Part II)(2014) Minniti, D.; Saito, R. K.; Hempel, M.; Lucas, P. W.; Rejkuba, M.; Toledo, I.; Gonzalez, O. A.; Alonso-García, J.; Irwin, M. J.; Gonzalez-Solares, E.; Hodgkin, S. T.; Lewis, J. R.; Cross, N.; Ivanov, V. D.; Kerins, E.; Emerson, J. P.; Soto, M.; Amôres, E. B.; Gurovich, S.; Dékány, I.; Angeloni, R.; Beamin, J. C.; Catelan, Marcio; Padilla, N.; Zoccali, M.; Pietrukowicz, P.; Moni Bidin, C.; Mauro, F.; Geisler, D.; Folkes, S. L.; Sale, S. E.; Borissova, J.; Kurtev, R.; Ahumada, A. V.; Alonso, M. V.; Adamson, A.; Arias, J. I.; Bandyopadhyay, R. M.; Barbá, R. H.; Barbuy, B.; Baume, G. L.; Bedin, L. R.; Benjamin, R.; Bica, E.; Bonatto, C.; Bronfman, L.; Carraro, G.; Chenè, A. N.; Clariá, J. J.; Clarke, J. R. A.; Contreras, C.; Corvillón, A.; de Grijs, R.; Dias, B.; Drew, J. E.; Fariña, C.; Feinstein, C.; Fernández-Lajús, E.; Gamen, R. C.; Gieren, W.; Goldman, B.; González-Fernández, C.; Grand, R. J. J.; Gunthardt, G.; Hambly, N. C.; Hanson, M. M.; Helminiak, K.; Hoare, M. G.; Huckvale, L.; Jordán, A.; Kinemuchi, K.; Longmore, A.; López-Corredoira, M.; Maccarone, T.; Majaess, D.; Martín, E.; Masetti, N.; Mennickent, R. E.; Mirabel, I. F.; Monaco, L.; Morelli, L.; Motta, V.; Palma, T.; Parisi, M. C.; Parker, Q.; Peñaloza, F.; Pietrzyński, G.; Pignata, G.; Popescu, B.; Read, M. A.; Rojas, A.; Roman-Lopes, A.; Ruiz, M. T.; Saviane, I.; Schreiber, M. R.; Schröder, A. C.; Sharma, S.; Smith, M. D.; Sodré, L.; Stead, J.; Stephens, A. W.; Tamura, M.; Tappert, C.; Thompson, M. A.; Valenti, E.; Vanzi, L.; Walton, N. A.; Weidmann, W.; Zijlstra, A.
- ItemVista variables in the via lactea (VVV): first results and perspectives(2011) Saito, R. K.; Minniti, D.; Dekany, I.; Hempel, M.; Alonso-Garcia, J.; Toledo, I.; Beamin Muhlenbrock, Juan Carlos; Angeloni, R.; Lucas, P. W.; Emerson, J. P.VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) is a public ESO near-IR variability survey scanning the Milky Way Bulge and an adjacent section of the mid-plane. The survey will take 1929 hours of observations with the 4 m VISTA telescope during five years (2010-2014), covering similar to 10(9) point sources across an area of 520 deg(2). Here we address the first results obtained from the VVV Survey as well as a glimpse into the possibilities for using a deep near-IR atlas in five passbands and a catalogue of more than 10(6) variable point sources. We expect to use the data to find planetary transits of late-type main-sequence stars. We discuss the planet searches and future follow-ups