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One more neighbor: The first brown dwarf in the VVV survey

Context. The discovery of brown dwarfs (BDs) in the solar neighborhood and young star clusters has helped to constraint the low-mass end of the stellar mass function and the initial mass function. We use data of the Vista Variables in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-08-15 J. C. Beamín , D. Minniti , M. Gromadzki , R. Kurtev , V. D. Ivanov , Y. Beletsky , P. Lucas , R. K. Saito , J. Borissova

Stellar Variability in the VVV survey

The Vista Variables in the V\'ia L\'actea (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 ESO's…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-11-06 M. Catelan , D. Minniti , P. W. Lucas , I. Dékány , R. K. Saito , R. Angeloni , J. Alonso-García , M. Hempel , K. Helminiak , A. Jordán , R. Contreras Ramos , C. Navarrete , J. C. Beamín , A. F. Rojas , F. Gran , C. E. Ferreira Lopes , C. Contreras Peña , E. Kerins , L. Huckvale , M. Rejkuba , R. Cohen , F. Mauro , J. Borissova , P. Amigo , S. Eyheramendy , K. Pichara , N. Espinoza , C. Navarro , G. Hajdu , D. N. Calderón Espinoza , G. A. Muro , H. Andrews , V. Motta , R. Kurtev , J. P. Emerson , C. Moni Bidin , A. -N. Chené

The VISTA Variables in the V\'ia L\'actea eXtended (VVVX) ESO public survey: Completion of the observations and legacy

The ESO public survey VISTA Variables in the V\'ia L\'actea (VVV) surveyed the inner Galactic bulge and the adjacent southern Galactic disk from $2009-2015$. Upon its conclusion, the complementary VVV eXtended (VVVX) survey has expanded…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-10-02 R. K. Saito , M. Hempel , J. Alonso-García , P. W. Lucas , D. Minniti , S. Alonso , L. Baravalle , J. Borissova , C. Caceres , A. N. Chené , N. J. G. Cross , F. Duplancic , E. R. Garro , M. Gómez , V. D. Ivanov , R. Kurtev , A. Luna , D. Majaess , M. G. Navarro , J. B. Pullen , M. Rejkuba , J. L. Sanders , L. C. Smith , P. H. C. Albino , M. V. Alonso , E. B. Amôres , R. Angeloni , J. I. Arias , M. Arnaboldi , B. Barbuy , A. Bayo , J. C. Beamin , L. R. Bedin , A. Bellini , R. A. Benjamin , E. Bica , C. J. Bonatto , E. Botan , V. F. Braga , D. A. Brown , J. B. Cabral , D. Camargo , A. Caratti o Garatti , J. A. Carballo-Bello , M. Catelan , C. Chavero , M. A. Chijani , J. J. Clariá , G. V. Coldwell , C. Contreras Peña , R. Contreras Ramos , J. M. Corral-Santana , C. C. Cortés , M. Cortés-Contreras , P. Cruz , I. V. Daza-Perilla , V. P. Debattista , B. Dias , L. Donoso , R. D'Souza , J. P. Emerson , S. Federle , V. Fermiano , J. Fernandez , J. G. Fernández-Trincado , T. Ferreira , C. E. Ferreira Lopes , V. Firpo , C. Flores-Quintana , L. Fraga , D. Froebrich , D. Galdeano , I. Gavignaud , D. Geisler , O. E. Gerhard , W. Gieren , O. A. Gonzalez , L. V. Gramajo , F. Gran , P. M. Granitto , M. Griggio , Z. Guo , S. Gurovich , M. Hilker , H. R. A. Jones , R. Kammers , M. A. Kuhn , M. S . N. Kumar , R. Kundu , M. Lares , M. Libralato , E. Lima , T. J. Maccarone , P. Marchant Cortés , E. L. Martin , N. Masetti , N. Matsunaga , F. Mauro , I. McDonald , A. Mejías , V. Mesa , F. P. Milla-Castro , J. H. Minniti , C. Moni Bidin , K. Montenegro , C. Morris , V. Motta , F. Navarete , C. Navarro Molina , F. Nikzat , J. L. Nilo Castellón , C. Obasi , M. Ortigoza-Urdaneta , T. Palma , C. Parisi , K. Pena Ramírez , L. Pereyra , N. Perez , I. Petralia , A. Pichel , G. Pignata , S. Ramírez Alegría , A. F. Rojas , D. Rojas , A. Roman-Lopes , A. C. Rovero , S. Saroon , E. O. Schmidt , A. C. Schröder , M. Schultheis , M. A. Sgró , E. Solano , M. Soto , B. Stecklum , D. Steeghs , M. Tamura , P. Tissera , A. A. R. Valcarce , C. A. Valotto , S. Vasquez , C. Villalon , S. Villanova , F. Vivanco Cádiz , R. Zelada Bacigalupo , A. Zijlstra , M. Zoccali

New galactic star clusters discovered in the VVV survey. Candidates projected on the inner disk and bulge

VISTA Variables in the V\'ia L\'actea (VVV) is one of six ESO Public Surveys using the 4 meter Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA). The VVV survey covers the Milky Way bulge and an adjacent section of the disk, and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-09-17 J. Borissova , A. -N. Chené , S. Ramírez Alegría , Saurabh Sharma , J. R. A. Clarke , R. Kurtev , I. Negueruela , A. Marco , P. Amigo , D. Minniti , E. Bica , C. Bonatto , M. Catelan , C. Fierro , D. Geisler , M. Gromadzki , M. Hempel , M. M. Hanson , V. D. Ivanov , P. Lucas , D. Majaess , C. Moni Bidin , B. Popescu , R. K. Saito

The VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea survey: A first glance on stellar variability

VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) is an ESO public near-infrared variability survey of the Galactic bulge and an adjacent area of the southern mid-plane. It will produce a deep atlas in the ZYJHKs filters, and a Ks-band time-series…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-09 I. Dekany , M. Catelan , D. Minniti , the VVV Collaboration

The Vista Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) ESO Public Survey: Current Status and First Results

Vista Variables in the Via Lactea (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…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-06-08 M. Catelan , D. Minniti , P. W. Lucas , J. Alonso-Garcia , R. Angeloni , J. C. Beamin , C. Bonatto , J. Borissova , C. Contreras , N. Cross , I. Dekany , J. P. Emerson , S. Eyheramendy , D. Geisler , E. Gonzalez-Solares , K. G. Helminiak , M. Hempel , M. J. Irwin , V. D. Ivanov , A. Jordan , E. Kerins , R. Kurtev , F. Mauro , C. Moni Bidin , C. Navarrete , P. Perez , K. Pichara , M. Read , M. Rejkuba , R. K. Saito , S. E. Sale , I. Toledo

New Galactic Star Clusters Discovered in the VVV Survey

VISTA Variables in the V\'{\i}a L\'actea (VVV) is one of the six ESO Public Surveys operating on the new 4-meter Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA). VVV is scanning the Milky Way bulge and an adjacent section of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-28 Jura Borissova , Charles Bonatto , Radostin Kurtev , James R. A. Clarke , Francisco Peñaloza , Stuart E. Sale , Dante Minniti , Javier Alonso-García , Étienne Artigau , Rodolfo Barbá , Eduardo Bica , Gustavo Luis Baume , Márcio Catelan , André-Nicolas Chené , Bruno Dias , Stuart L. Folkes , Dirk Froebrich , Doug Geisler , Richard de Grijs , Margaret M. Hanson , Maren Hempel , Valentin D. Ivanov , M. S. Nanda Kumar , Philip Lucas , Francesco Mauro , Christian Moni Bidin , Marina Rejkuba , Roberto K. Saito , Motohide Tamura , Ignacio Toledo

VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV): The public ESO near-IR variability survey of the Milky Way

We describe the public ESO near-IR variability survey (VVV) scanning the Milky Way bulge and an adjacent section of the mid-plane where star formation activity is high. The survey will take 1929 hours of observations with the 4-metre VISTA…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-20 D. Minniti , P. W. Lucas , J. P. Emerson , R. K. Saito , M. Hempel , P. Pietrukowicz , A. V. Ahumada , M. V. Alonso , J. Alonso-García , J. I. Arias , R. M. Bandyopadhyay , R. H. Barbá , B. Barbuy , L. R. Bedin , E. Bica , J. Borissova , L. Bronfman , G. Carraro , M. Catelan , J. J. Clariá , N. Cross , R. de Grijs , I. Dékány , J. E. Drew , C. Fariña , C. Feinstein , E. Fernández Lajús , R. C. Gamen , D. Geisler , W. Gieren , B. Goldman , O. A. Gonzalez , G. Gunthardt , S. Gurovich , N. C. Hambly , M. J. Irwin , V. D. Ivanov , A. Jordán , E. Kerins , K. Kinemuchi , R. Kurtev , M. López-Corredoira , T. Maccarone , N. Masetti , D. Merlo , M. Messineo , I. F. Mirabel , L. Monaco , L. Morelli , N. Padilla , T. Palma , M. C. Parisi , G. Pignata , M. Rejkuba , A. Roman-Lopes , S. E. Sale , M. R. Schreiber , A. C. Schröder , M. Smith , L. Sodré , M. Soto , M. Tamura , C. Tappert , M. A. Thompson , I. Toledo , M. Zoccali

VIRAC: The VVV Infrared Astrometric Catalogue

We present VIRAC version 1, a near-infrared proper motion and parallax catalogue of the VISTA VVV survey for 312,587,642 unique sources averaged across all overlapping pawprint and tile images covering 560 deg$^2$ of the bulge of the Milky…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-27 L. C. Smith , P. W. Lucas , R. Kurtev , R. Smart , D. Minniti , J. Borissova , H. R. A Jones , Z. H. Zhang , F. Marocco , C. Contreras Peña , M. Gromadzki , M. A. Kuhn , J. E. Drew , D. J. Pinfield , L. R. Bedin

VVV survey near-infrared colour catalogue of known variable stars

Context. The Vista Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) near-infrared variability survey explores some of the most complex regions of the Milky Way bulge and disk in terms of high extinction and high crowding. Aims. We add a new wavelength…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-31 Fábio R. Herpich , Carlos E. Ferreira Lopes , Roberto K. Saito , Dante Minniti , Alessandro Ederoclite , Thiago S. Ferreira , Marcio Catelan

High-precision astrometry with VVV -- II. A near-infrared extension of Gaia into the Galactic plane

Aims. We use near-infrared, ground-based data from the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) survey to indirectly extend the astrometry provided by the Gaia catalog to objects in heavily-extincted regions towards the Galactic bulge and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-07-03 M. Griggio , M. Libralato , A. Bellini , L. R. Bedin , J. Anderson , L. C. Smith , D. Minniti

Stellar Variability in the VVV Survey: An Update

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…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-27 M. Catelan , I. Dekany , M. Hempel , D. Minniti

A near-infrared stellar atlas of the Galactic plane from the VVVX survey

The VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea eXtended (VVVX) ESO public survey observed the Galactic plane and the outer Galactic bulge in the near-infrared to mitigate the effects of extinction that severely limit optical observations of these…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-28 Javier Alonso-García , Maren Hempel , Roberto K. Saito , Dante Minniti , Nicholas J. G. Cros , Jorge Anais , Jura Borissova , Márcio Catelan , José G. Fernández-Trincado , Elisa R. Garro , Zhen Guo , Philip W. Lucas , María G. Navarro , Casmir O. Obasi , Leigh C. Smith

VISTA Variables in the V\'ia L\'actea (VVV): Halfway Status and Results

The VISTA Variables in the V\'ia L\'actea (VVV) survey is one of six public ESO surveys, and is now in its 4th year of observing. Although far from being complete, the VVV survey has already delivered many results, some directly connected…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-13 Maren Hempel , Dante Minniti , István Dékány , Roberto K. Saito , Philip W. Lucas , Jim Emerson , Andrea V. Ahumada , Suzanne Aigrain , Maria Victoria Alonso , Javier Alonso-García , Eduardo B. Amôres , Rodolfo Angeloni , Julia Arias , Reba Bandyopadhyay , Rodolfo H. Barbá , Beatriz Barbuy , Gustavo Baume , Juan Carlos Beamin , Luigi Bedin , Eduardo Bica , Jordanka Borissova , Leonardo Bronfman , Giovanni Carraro , Márcio Catelan , Juan J. Clariá , Carlos Contreras , Nicholas Cross , Christopher Davis , Richard de Grijs , Janet E. Drew , Cecilia Fariña , Carlos Feinstein , Eduardo Fernández Lajús , Stuart Folkes , Roberto C. Gamen , Douglas Geisler , Wolfgang Gieren , Bertrand Goldman , Oscar González , Andrew Gosling , Guillermo Gunthardt , Sebastian Gurovich , Nigel C. Hambly , Margaret Hanson , Melvin Hoare , Mike J. Irwin , Valentin D. Ivanov , Andrés Jordán , Eamonn Kerins , Karen Kinemuchi , Radostin Kurtev , Andy Longmore , Martin López-Corredoira , Tom Maccarone , Eduardo Martín , Nicola Masetti , Ronald E. Mennickent , David Merlo , Maria Messineo , I. Félix Mirabel , Lorenzo Monaco , Christian Moni Bidin , Lorenzo Morelli , Nelson Padilla , Tali Palma , Maria Celeste Parisi , Quentin Parker , Daniela Pavani , Pawel Pietrukowicz , Grzegorz Pietrzynski , Giuliano Pignata , Marina Rejkuba , Alejandra Rojas , Alexandre Roman-Lopes , Maria Teresa Ruiz , Stuart E. Sale , Ivo Saviane , Matthias R. Schreiber , Anja C. Schröder , Saurabh Sharma , Michael Smith , Laerte Sodré , Mario Soto , Andrew W. Stephens , Motohide Tamura , Claus Tappert , Mark A. Thompson , Ignacio Toledo , Elena Valenti , Leonardo Vanzi , Walter Weidmann , Manuela Zoccali

Massive open star clusters using the VVV survey I. Presentation of the data and description of the approach

Context: The ESO Public Survey "VISTA Variables in the V\'ia L\'actea" (VVV) provides deep multi-epoch infrared observations for an unprecedented 562 sq. degrees of the Galactic bulge, and adjacent regions of the disk. Aims: The VVV…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 A. -N. Chené , J. Borissova , J. R. A. Clarke , C. Bonatto , D. J. Majaess , C. Moni Bidin , S. E. Sale , F. Mauro , R. Kurtev , G. Baume , C. Feinstein , V. D. Ivanov , D. Geisler , M. Catelan , D. Minniti , P. Lucas , R. de Grijs , M. S. N. Kumar

New Galactic Star Clusters Discovered in the Disk Area of the VVVX Survey

The "VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea eXtended (VVVX)" ESO Public Survey is a near-infrared photometric sky survey that covers nearly 1700 sq. deg towards the Galactic disk and bulge. It is well-suited to search for new open clusters,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-07 J. Borissova , V. D. Ivanov , P. W. Lucas , R. Kurtev , J. Alonso-Garcia , S. Ramirez Alegria , D. Minniti , M. Hempel , N. Medina , A. N. Chene , M. A. Kuhn

Mapping the outer bulge with RRab stars from the VVV Survey

The VISTA Variables in the V\'ia L\'actea (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.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-07-06 F. Gran , D. Minniti , R. K. Saito , M. Zoccali , O. A. Gonzalez , C. Navarrete , M. Catelan , R. Contreras Ramos , F. Elorrieta , S. Eyheramendy , A. Jordán

VVV DR1: The First Data Release of the Milky Way Bulge and Southern Plane from the Near-Infrared ESO Public Survey VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea

The ESO Public Survey VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) started in 2010. VVV targets 562 sq. deg in the Galactic bulge and an adjacent plane region and is expected to run for ~5 years. In this paper we describe the progress of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-03 R. K. Saito , M. Hempel , D. Minniti , P. W. Lucas , M. Rejkuba , I. Toledo , O. A. Gonzalez , J. Alonso-Garcia , M. J. Irwin , E. Gonzalez-Solares , S. T. Hodgkin , J. R. Lewis , N. Cross , V. D. Ivanov , E. Kerins , J. P. Emerson , M. Soto , E. B. Amores , S. Gurovich , I. Dekany , R. Angeloni , J. C. Beamin , M. Catelan , N. Padilla , M. Zoccali , P. Pietrukowicz , C. Moni Bidin , F. Mauro , D. Geisler , S. L. Folkes , S. E. Sale , J. Borissova , R. Kurtev , A. V. Ahumada , M. V. Alonso , A. Adamson , J. I. Arias , R. M. Bandyopadhyay , R. H. Barba , B. Barbuy , G. L. Baume , L. R. Bedin , A. Bellini , R. Benjamin , E. Bica , C. Bonatto , L. Bronfman , G. Carraro , A. N. Chene , J. J. Claria , J. R. A. Clarke , C. Contreras , A. Corvillon , R. de Grijs , B. Dias , J. E. Drew , C. Farina , C. Feinstein , E. Fernandez-Lajus , R. C. Gamen , W. Gieren , B. Goldman , C. Gonzalez-Fernandez , R. J. J. Grand , G. Gunthardt , N. C. Hambly , M. M. Hanson , K. G. Helminiak , M. G. Hoare , L. Huckvale , A. Jordan , K. Kinemuchi , A. Longmore , M. Lopez-Corredoira , T. Maccarone , D. Majaess , E. L. Martin , N. Masetti , R. E. Mennickent , I. F. Mirabel , L. Monaco , L. Morelli , V. Motta , T. Palma , M. C. Parisi , Q. Parker , F. Penaloza , G. Pietrzynski , G. Pignata , B. Popescu , M. A. Read , A. Rojas , A. Roman-Lopes , M. T. Ruiz , I. Saviane , M. R. Schreiber , A. C. Schroder , S. Sharma , M. D. Smith , L. Sodre , J. Stead , A. W. Stephens , M. Tamura , C. Tappert , M. A. Thompson , E. Valenti , L. Vanzi , N. A. Walton , W. Weidmann , A. Zijlstra

Near-IR trigonometric parallaxes of nearby stars in the Galactic plane using the VVV

We use the multi-epoch K$\rm _S$ band observations, covering a $\sim$5 years baseline to obtain milli and sub-milli arcsec precision astrometry for a sample of eighteen previously known high proper motion sources, including precise…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-20 J. C. Beamin , R. A. Mendez , R. L. Smart , R. Jara , R. Kurtev , M. Gromadzki , V. Villanueva , D. Minniti , L. C. Smith , P. W. Lucas

M-dwarf stars in the b294 field from the VISTA Variables in the V\'ia L\'actea (VVV)

M-dwarf stars are the dominant stellar population in the MilkyWay and they are important for a wide variety of astrophysical topics. The Gaia mission has delivered a superb collection of data, nevertheless, ground-based photometric surveys…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-08 Patricia Cruz , Miriam Cortés-Contreras , Enrique Solano , Carlos Rodrigo , Dante Minniti , Javier Alonso-García , Roberto K. Saito