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astro-ph.GA2026
A near-infrared stellar atlas of the Galactic plane from the VVVX survey
Javier Alonso-GarcÃa, Maren Hempel, Roberto K. Saito +12
The VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea eXtended (VVVX) ESO public survey observed the Galactic plane and the outer Galactic bulge in the near-infrared to mitigate the effects of ext…
astro-ph.GA2025
Variable stars in the VVV globular clusters III. RR Lyrae stars in the inner Galactic globular clusters
Javier Alonso-GarcÃa, Leigh C. Smith, Jason L. Sanders +13
High reddening near the Galactic plane hampers observations and proper characterization of the globular clusters (GCs) located toward the inner regions of the Milky Way. The VISTA…
astro-ph.GA2024
Metallicity-dependent kinematics and orbits in the Milky Way's nuclear stellar disc
F. Nogueras-Lara, N. Nieuwmunster, M. Schultheis +7
The nuclear stellar disc (NSD) is a flat and dense stellar structure at the centre of the Milky Way. Previous work has identified the presence of metal-rich and metal-poor stars in…