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Discovery of a mid-infrared protostellar outburst of exceptional amplitude
P. W. Lucas, J. Elias, S. Points +12
We report the discovery of a mid-infrared outburst in a Young Stellar Object (YSO) with an amplitude close to 8 mag at 4.6 m. WISEA J142238.82-611553.7 is one of 23…
Predictions of Gaia's prize microlensing events are flawed
Peter McGill, Andrew Everall, Douglas Boubert +1
Precision astrometry from the second Gaia data release has allowed astronomers to predict 5,787 microlensing events, with 528 of these having maximums within the extended Gaia miss…
VVV-WIT-01: highly obscured classical nova or protostellar collision?
P. W. Lucas, D. Minniti, A. Kamble +18
A search of the first Data Release of the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) Survey discovered the exceptionally red transient VVV-WIT-01 (). It peaked before March…
Short and long term near-infrared spectroscopic variability of eruptive protostars from VVV
Zhen Guo, P. W. Lucas, C. Contreras Peña +7
Numerous eruptive variable young stellar objects (YSOs), mostly Class I systems, were recently detected by the near-infrared Vista Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) survey. We pres…
The asymptotic evolution of the stellar merger V1309 Sco: a Blue Straggler in the making?
Thiago Ferreira, Roberto K. Saito, Dante Minniti +4
Stellar mergers are estimated to be common events in the Galaxy. The best studied stellar merger case to date is V1309 Sco (= Nova Scorpii 2008) which was originally misclassified…
Transverse kinematics of the Galactic bar-bulge from VVV and Gaia
Jason L. Sanders, Leigh Smith, N. Wyn Evans +1
We analyse the kinematics of the Galactic bar-bulge using proper motions from the ESO public survey Vista Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) and the second Gaia data release. Gaia h…