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most citedThe total mass of the Large Magellanic Cloud from its perturbation on the Orphan stream

357 citations · 631 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

astro-ph.GA2018★ 357 cited

The total mass of the Large Magellanic Cloud from its perturbation on the Orphan stream

D. Erkal, V. Belokurov, C. F. P. Laporte +13

In a companion paper by Koposov et al., RR Lyrae from \textit{Gaia} Data Release 2 are used to demonstrate that stars in the Orphan stream have velocity vectors significantly misal…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 130 cited

Piercing the Milky Way: an all-sky view of the Orphan Stream

S. E. Koposov, V. Belokurov, T. S. Li +13

We use astrometry, broad-band photometry and variability information from the Data Release 2 of ESA's Gaia mission (GDR2) to identify members of the Orphan Stream (OS) across the w…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 24 cited

Schwarzschild dynamical model of the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy

Klaudia Kowalczyk, Andrés del Pino, Ewa L. Lokas +1

We present a full dynamical model of the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy obtained with the spherically symmetric Schwarzschild orbit superposition method applied to the largest kine…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 107 cited

First Gaia Dynamics of the Andromeda System: DR2 Proper Motions, Orbits, and Rotation of M31 and M33

Roeland P. van der Marel, Mark A. Fardal, Sangmo Tony Sohn +5

The 3D velocities of M31 and M33 are important for understanding the evolution and cosmological context of the Local Group. Their most massive stars are detected by Gaia, and we us…

astro-ph.IM2016

Training telescope operators and support astronomers at Paranal

Henri M. J. Boffin, Dimitri A. Gadotti, Joe Anderson +3

The operations model of the Paranal Observatory relies on the work of efficient staff to carry out all the daytime and nighttime tasks. This is highly dependent on adequate trainin…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 13 cited

VLTI status update: a decade of operations and beyond

Antoine Merand, Roberto Abuter, Emmanuel Aller-Carpentier +44

We present the latest update of the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope interferometer (VLTI). The operations of VLTI have greatly improved in the past years: redu…