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astro-ph.GA2012★ 74 cited
Milky Way demographics with the VVV survey. I. The 84-million star colour-magnitude diagram of the Galactic bulge
R. K. Saito, D. Minniti, B. Dias +9
The Milky Way (MW) bulge is a fundamental Galactic component for understanding the formation and evolution of galaxies, in particular our own. The ESO Public Survey VISTA Variables…
astro-ph.GA2011★ 6 cited
The Vista Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) ESO Public Survey: Current Status and First Results
M. Catelan, D. Minniti, P. W. Lucas +29
Vista Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) is an ESO Public Survey that is performing a variability survey of the Galactic bulge and part of the inner disk using ESO's Visible and Inf…
astro-ph.GA2011★ 70 cited
The Edge of the Milky Way Stellar Disk Revealed Using Clump Giant Stars as Distance Indicators
D. Minniti, R. K. Saito, J. Alonso-García +2
We use the clump giants of the disk as standard candles calibrated from Hipparcos parallaxes in order to map their distribution with two new near-IR surveys of the Galactic plane:…