The long bar as seen by the VVV survey: I. Colour-magnitude diagrams

C. González-Fernández, M. López-Corredoira, E. B. Amôres +3

The VISTA Variable Survey (VVV) is able to map the Galaxy at l<0 with an unpaired depth (at least 3 mag deeper than 2MASS), opening new possibilities for studying the inner structu…