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Planetary Nebula Central Stars as Tracers of Planetary Nebula-Star Cluster Associations in the Galaxy
Vasiliki Fragkou, Luis Lomelí-Núñez, Dante Minniti +2
Planetary nebulae (PNe) that are physically associated with star clusters are rare but crucial for stellar evolution studies because they allow their initial and final stellar prop…
The deepest color-magnitude diagrams for the benchmark open cluster NGC 2437 from Gaia and VVVX
Tali Palma, Matías Gómez, Dante Minniti +8
Deep photometry of Galactic star clusters provides one of the most powerful tools for determining their physical properties. In particular, in low Galactic latitude regions that su…
Ultracool and Brown Dwarf Candidates Identified via CatWISE-2MASS-Gaia DR3
Daniel Majaess, Dante Minniti, Matias Gomez +2
Ultracool and brown dwarf candidates ( pc, ) were identified via multiband and astrometric data from CatWISE (), 2MASS (), and…
The potential broader complex linked to the key Cepheid SV Vul
Daniel Majaess, Ignacio Negueruela, Leonid N. Berdnikov +10
A new distance was established to the Cepheid SV Vul () and its host cluster Alicante 13, and is tied in part to deeper UKIDSS-DR6 photometry and Gaia DR3 observatio…
A near-infrared stellar atlas of the Galactic plane from the VVVX survey
Javier Alonso-García, Maren Hempel, Roberto K. Saito +12
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 ext…
Near-infrared photometry of the central stars of planetary nebulae with the VVVX survey
Dante Minniti, Vasiliki Fragkou, Javier Alonso-García +2
Achieving accurate photometric characterizations of central stars of planetary nebulae (CSPNe) toward the galactic plane is significantly hindered by the high levels of interstella…
VVV-WIT-13: an eruptive young star with cool molecular features
Zhen Guo, Philip Lucas, Sergey N. Yurchenko +27
Here we investigate an infrared eruptive source, identified from the decade-long VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea survey (VVV). We named this target after a group of variable sour…
Revealing the Origins of Galactic Globular Clusters via Their Mg-Al Abundances
Shihui Lin, Baitian Tang, Genghao Liu +4
Many Galactic globular clusters (GCs) originated in diverse host galaxies before being subsequently incorporated into the Milky Way through hierarchical galaxy assembly. Identifyin…
The Gaia parallax discrepancy for the cluster Pismis 19, and separating Scutis from Cepheids
Daniel Majaess, Charles J. Bonatto, David G. Turner +10
Pre-Gaia distances for the open cluster Pismis 19 disagree with Gaia parallaxes. A 2MASS red clump distance was therefore established for Pismis 19 ( kpc), whic…
Variable stars in the VVV globular clusters III. RR Lyrae stars in the inner Galactic globular clusters
Javier Alonso-García, Leigh C. Smith, Jason L. Sanders +13
High reddening near the Galactic plane hampers observations and proper characterization of the globular clusters (GCs) located toward the inner regions of the Milky Way. The VISTA…
VIRAC2: NIR Astrometry and Time Series Photometry for 500M+ Stars from the VVV and VVVX Surveys
Leigh C. Smith, Philip W. Lucas, Sergey E. Koposov +11
We present VIRAC2, a catalogue of positions, proper motions, parallaxes and , , , , and near-infrared photometric time series of 545 346 537 unique stars. The cat…
The Valuable Long-period Cluster Cepheid KQ Scorpii and other Calibration Candidates
Daniel Majaess, David G. Turner, Dante Minniti +2
The classical Cepheid KQ Sco is a valuable anchor for the distance scale because of its long pulsation period () and evidence implying membership in the open cluster…
Signature of systemic rotation in 21 Galactic Globular Clusters from APOGEE-2
Ilaria Petralia, Dante Minniti, José G. Fernández-Trincado +2
Context. Traditionally, Globular Clusters (GCs) have been assumed to be quasi-relaxed non-rotating systems, characterized by spherical symmetry and orbital isotropy. However, in re…
High-precision astrometry with VVV -- II. A near-infrared extension of Gaia into the Galactic plane
M. Griggio, M. Libralato, A. Bellini +4
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…
High energy gamma-ray sources in the VVV survey -- II. The AGN counterparts
Laura G. Donoso, Ana Pichel, Laura D. Baravalle +9
We identified Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) candidates as counterparts to unidentified gamma-ray sources (UGS) from the Fermi-LAT Fourth Source Catalogue at lower Galactic latitudes…
The globular cluster VVV CL002 falling down to the hazardous Galactic centre
D. Minniti, N. Matsunaga, J. G. Fernandez-Trincado +15
Context. The Galactic centre is hazardous for stellar clusters because of the strong tidal force. Supposedly, many clusters were destroyed and contributed stars to the crowded stel…
A Benchmark White Dwarf-Ultracool Dwarf Wide Field Binary
Thiago Ferreira, Roberto K. Saito, Dante Minniti +8
We present the discovery and multi-wavelength characterisation of VVV J1438-6158 AB, a new field wide-binary system consisting of a 4.6(+5.5-2.4) Gyr and Teff = 9500+/-125 K DA whi…
VVV-WIT-12 and its fashionable nebula: a four year long period Young Stellar Object with a light echo?
Roberto K. Saito, Bringfried Stecklum, Dante Minniti +7
We report the serendipitous discovery of VVV-WIT-12, an unusual variable source that seems to induce variability in its surrounding nebula. The source belongs to the rare objects t…
The epoch of the Milky Way's bar formation: dynamical modelling of Mira variables in the nuclear stellar disc
Jason L. Sanders, Daisuke Kawata, Noriyuki Matsunaga +4
A key event in the history of the Milky Way is the formation of the bar. This event affects the subsequent structural and dynamical evolution of the entire Galaxy. When the bar for…
R2-D2: Roman and Rubin -- From Data to Discovery
Suvi Gezari, Misty Bentz, Kishalay De +28
The NASA Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (Roman) and the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (Rubin), will transform our view of the wide-field sky, with si…
Extreme infrared variables from UKIDSS - II. an end-of-survey catalogue of eruptive YSOs and unusual stars
P. W. Lucas, L. C. Smith, C. Contreras Pena +7
We present a catalogue of 618 high amplitude infrared variable stars (1 < DeltaK < 5 mag) detected by the two widely separated epochs of 2.2 um data in the UKIDSS Galactic plane su…