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astro-ph.GA2026
A Newly Discovered VVVX Star Cluster Surfing the Galactic Disk
Elisa R. Garro, José G. Fernández-Trincado, Casmir O. Obasi +15
We report the discovery of Garro 04, a previously unidentified stellar cluster toward the Galactic disc, uncovered as part of the ESO/KMOS VVVX-GalCen Spectroscopic Survey. This ob…
astro-ph.GA2026
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…
astro-ph.GA2023
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…