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Strengthening the Open Cluster Distance Scale via VVV Photometry
Daniel J. Majaess, David G. Turner, C. Moni Bidin +14
Approximately 14% of known Galactic open clusters possess absolute errors 20% as evaluated from n>3 independent distance estimates, and the statistics for age estimates are markedl…
VVV DR1: The First Data Release of the Milky Way Bulge and Southern Plane from the Near-Infrared ESO Public Survey VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea
R. K. Saito, M. Hempel, D. Minniti +107
The ESO Public Survey VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) started in 2010. VVV targets 562 sq. deg in the Galactic bulge and an adjacent plane region and is expected to run for…
Photometric distances to young stars in the inner Galactic disk. I. The L = 314 direction
Giovanni Carraro
The spiral structure of the Milky Way is nowadays receiving renewed attention thanks to the combined efforts of observational campaigns in different wavelength regimes, from the op…
UBVI CCD photometry and star counts in 9 inner disk Galactic star clusters
Giovanni Carraro, Anton F. Seleznev
We present and discuss new CCD-based photometric material in the UBVI pass-bands for nine Galactic star clusters located inside the solar ring, for which no CCD data are currently…
Three Galactic globular cluster candidates
C. Moni Bidin, F. Mauro, D. Geisler +12
The census of Galactic globular clusters (GCs) is still incomplete, and about ten new objects are supposed to await discovery, hidden behind the crowded and reddened regions of the…
A UBVI and uvbyCaHbeta Analysis of the Intermediate-Age Open Cluster, NGC 5822
Giovanni Carraro, Barbara J. Anthony-Twarog, Edgardo Costa +2
NGC 5822 is a richly populated, moderately nearby, intermediate-age open cluster covering an area larger than the full moon on the sky. A CCD survey of the cluster on the UBVI and…
The mass function of IC4665 revisited by the UKIDSS Galactic Clusters Survey
N. Lodieu, W. -J. de Wit, G. Carraro +3
Knowledge of the mass function in open clusters constitutes one way to constrain the formation of low-mass stars and brown dwarfs as does the knowledge of the frequency of multiple…
Overlapping abundance gradients and azimuthal gradients related to the spiral structure of the Galaxy
J. R. D. Lepine, P. Cruz, S. Scarano +6
The connection between some features of the metallicity gradient in the Galactic disk, best revealed by Open Clusters and Cepheids, and the spiral structure, is explored. The step-…
Lithium-rich giants in the Galactic thick disk
L. Monaco, S. Villanova, C. Moni Bidin +6
Context: Lithium is a fragile element, which is easily destroyed in the stellar interior. The existence of lithium-rich giants still represents a challenge for stellar evolution mo…