Stellar Variability in the VVV Survey: Highlights and Current Status

Catelan, Marcio; Dékány, István; Minniti, Dante; Alonso-Garcia, Javier; Contreras Ramos, Rodrigo; Saito, Roberto; Hajdu, Gergely; Lucas, Phil; Kerins, Eamonn; Hempel, Maren

Stellar Variability in the VVV Survey: Highlights and Current Status

Date

2015

Authors

Catelan, Marcio

Dékány, István

Minniti, Dante

Alonso-Garcia, Javier

Contreras Ramos, Rodrigo

Abstract

The Vista Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) ESO Public Survey consists in a near-infrared time-series survey of the Galactic bulge and inner disk, covering 562 square degrees of the sky, over a total timespan of more than 5 years. In this contribution, we discuss some of our latest results, and provide an updated account of the current status of the survey, especially in the context of stellar variability studies....