3 papers
astro-ph.GA2025
The VVVX quest for satellites around the Circinus galaxy
L. D. Baravalle, A. L. O'Mill, M. V. Alonso +10
The Circinus galaxy is the nearest type-2 Seyfert galaxy, which is at a distance of 4.2 Mpc. Its environment is challenging to explore because it is located at low Galactic latitud…
astro-ph.GA2025
Faint galaxies in the Zone of Avoidance revealed by JWST/NIRCam
J. L. Nilo-Castellón, M. V. Alonso, L. Baravalle +12
The Zone of Avoidance (ZoA) remains one of the last frontiers in constructing a comprehensive three-dimensional map of the Universe. Galactic extinction, stellar crowding, and conf…
astro-ph.GA2025
The VVV near-IR galaxy catalogue of the southern Galactic disc
M. V. Alonso, L. D. Baravalle, J. L. Nilo Castellón +16
The distribution of galaxies in the Zone of Avoidance (ZoA) is incomplete due to the presence of our own Galaxy. Our research focused on the identification and characterisation of…