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

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astro-ph.GA2022★ 5 cited

The Seventeenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: Complete Release of MaNGA, MaStar and APOGEE-2 Data

Abdurro'uf, Katherine Accetta, Conny Aerts +337

This paper documents the seventeenth data release (DR17) from the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys; the fifth and final release from the fourth phase (SDSS-IV). DR17 contains the complete…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 37 cited

The Villafranca catalog of Galactic OB groups: I. Systems with O2-O3.5 stars

J. Maíz Apellániz, P. Crespo Bellido, R. H. Barbá +2

CONTEXT. The GOSSS spectral classifications and Gaia data have significantly improved our ability to measure distances and determine memberships of stellar groups with OB stars. AI…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 31 cited

Detailed chemical composition and orbit of the new globular cluster FSR1758: Implications for the accretion of the Sequoia dwarf galaxy onto the Milky Way

Sandro Villanova, Lorenzo Monaco, Julia O'Connell +4

We present detailed chemical abundances, radial velocities and orbital parameters for FSR 1758, a recently discovered star cluster in the direction of the Galactic Bulge. High reso…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 12 cited

The First Galaxy Cluster Discovered by the VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea Survey

L. D. Baravalle, J. L. Nilo Castellón, M. V. Alonso +12

We report the first confirmed detection of the galaxy cluster VVV-J144321-611754 at very low latitudes (l = 315.836, b = -1.650) located in the tile d015 of the…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 98 cited

A Sequoia in the Garden: FSR 1758 - Dwarf Galaxy or Giant Globular Cluster?

R. H. Barba, D. Minniti, D. Geisler +5

We present the physical characterization of FSR 1758, a new large, massive object very recently discovered in the Galactic Bulge. The combination of optical data from the 2nd Gaia…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 14 cited

First results from SAM-FP: Fabry-Perot observations with ground-layer adaptive optics - the structure and kinematics of the core of 30 Doradus

Claudia Mendes de Oliveira, Philippe Amram, Bruno Quint +3

The aim of this paper is to present the first data set obtained with SOAR Adaptive Module-Fabry-Parot (SAM-FP), a Fabry-Perot instrument mounted inside the SOAR telescope Adaptive-…