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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…
The pattern speed of the Milky Way bar from transverse velocities
Jason L. Sanders, Leigh Smith, N. Wyn Evans
We use the continuity equation to derive a method for measuring the pattern speed of the Milky Way's bar/bulge from proper motion data. The method has minimal assumptions but requi…
The Milky Way bar/bulge in proper motions: a 3D view from VIRAC & Gaia
Jonathan P. Clarke, Christopher Wegg, Ortwin Gerhard +3
We have derived absolute proper motions of the entire Galactic bulge region from VIRAC and Gaia. We present these as both integrated on-sky maps and, after isolating standard candl…