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The Vista Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) ESO Public Survey: Current Status and First Results
- Source :
- NASA Astrophysics Data System, University of Manchester-PURE
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- arXiv, 2011.
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Abstract
- 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 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.<br />Comment: 25 pages, 18 figures. To appear in the Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series, Volume 5
- Subjects :
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
FOS: Physical sciences
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
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Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- NASA Astrophysics Data System, University of Manchester-PURE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c1bdb4f99c10c4f9ae2a5b221339c254
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1105.1119