Hundreds of new cluster candidates in the VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea survey DR1

2015/05/11 by R. H. Barba, R. H. Barbá, A. Roman-Lopes +9
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Bulge #Cluster (spacecraft) #Data archive #Milky Way #Open cluster #Population #Quadrant (abdomen) #Star cluster #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Telescope #astro-ph.GA #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201424048

published as A&A 581, A120 (2015) · 13 pages, 8 figures, 3 tables. Accepted in Astronomy and Astrophysics. The full catalog and charts available at http://astro.userena.cl/science/lsclusters.php

arxiv created 2015/05/11 · openalex publication_date 2015/09/01 · arxiv updated 2015/09/23 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context. VISTA variables in the Vía Láctea is an ESO Public survey dedicated to scanning the bulge and an adjacent portion of the Galactic disk in the fourth quadrant using the VISTA telescope and its near-infrared camera VIRCAM. One of the leading goals of the VVV survey is to contribute to knowledge of the star cluster population of the Milky Way.

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