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The Bochum Survey of the Southern Galactic Disk: III. Complete Data Release

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2026-03-17 v1 Astrophysics of Galaxies

Abstract

The Southern Galactic Disk Survey (GDS) monitored a mosaic of 268 fields along a 66^\circ-wide stripe in the southern Galactic disk with simultaneous observations in rr' and ii' (7mr,i18m7^\mathrm{m} \lesssim r', i' \lesssim 18^\mathrm{m}) from September 2010 to September 2019. The survey design and data characteristics, as well as first results in rir'i', were presented by Haas et al. (2012; Paper I). Hackstein et al. (2015a; Paper II) extended the photometry and analysis process, and introduced the first catalogue including photometry of all 268 fields in UBVrizUBVr'i'z' and rir'i' light curves comprising up to 272 observations per field made between September 2010 and May 2015. Here we describe our custom-made observational scheduler and conclude the GDS with rir'i' light curves of up to 407 observations per field until September 2019 and UBVzUBVz' light curves for a fraction of the fields. 113449113\,449 distinct sources are identified as variables. Together with Paper II, we identified 7759277\,592 variables that are not listed in either the International Variable Star Index (VSX) or the cross-match catalogue by Gavras et al. (2023). All emerging catalogues, comprising light curves, photometry, and reduced images, are made publicly available via the German Astrophysical Virtual Observatory (GAVO).

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@article{arxiv.2603.13539,
  title  = {The Bochum Survey of the Southern Galactic Disk: III. Complete Data Release},
  author = {Julia Blex and Moritz Hackstein and Christian Westhues and Michael Ramolla and Markus Demleitner and Dominik J. Bomans and Kerstin Weis and Christofer Fein and Rolf Chini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.13539},
  year   = {2026}
}