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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…
The most variable VVV sources: eruptive protostars, dipping giants in the Nuclear Disc and others
P. W. Lucas, L. C. Smith, Z. Guo +16
We have performed a comprehensive search of a VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) database of 9.5 yr light curves for variable sources with mag, aiming to provide…
Spectroscopic confirmation of high-amplitude eruptive YSOs and dipping giants from the VVV survey
Zhen Guo, P. W. Lucas, R. Kurtev +17
During the pre-main-sequence (pre-MS) evolution stage of a star, significant amounts of stellar mass are accreted during episodic accretion events, such as multi-decade FUor-type o…
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…
Roman Early-Definition Astrophysics Survey Opportunity: Galactic Roman Infrared Plane Survey (GRIPS)
Roberta Paladini, Catherine Zucker, Robert Benjamin +67
A wide-field near-infrared survey of the Galactic disk and bulge/bar(s) is supported by a large representation of the community of Galactic astronomers. The combination of sensitiv…
M-dwarf stars in the b294 field from the VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea (VVV)
Patricia Cruz, Miriam Cortés-Contreras, Enrique Solano +4
M-dwarf stars are the dominant stellar population in the MilkyWay and they are important for a wide variety of astrophysical topics. The Gaia mission has delivered a superb collect…