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most citedThe VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea eXtended (VVVX) ESO public survey: Completion of the observations and legacy

38 citations · 147 across the 23 of their papers we have counts for

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25 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

SPICY 30021: an embedded bona fide FUor with a mid-infrared precursor

Zhen Guo, Calum Morris, Vitor Fermiano +37

Unstable mass accretion in young stellar objects (YSOs) often leads to observable outbursts, which play a key role in stellar mass assembly during pre-main-sequence evolution. The…

astro-ph.SR2026

Unresolved triples in the open cluster NGC 2437 (M 46) confirmed by the KMOS VVVX-GalCen Spectroscopic Survey

D. Minniti, T. Palma, C. O. Obasi +31

Recent optical and near-IR photometric databases like Gaia data release 3 (DR3) and the VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea eXtended (VVVX) ESO public survey allow the exploration of…

astro-ph.SR2026

Unresolved triple systems in the aged open cluster Trumpler 19: Discovery, confirmation, and implications

D. Minniti, R. K. Saito, V. D. Ivanov +31

It is difficult to identify unresolved triple and higher-order systems beyond the solar vicinity. Star clusters yield controlled environments with known physical parameters, provid…

astro-ph.GA2026

Chemo-dynamical stratification of the Galactic disc using \emph{Gaia}-ESO open clusters

Casmir O. Obasi, M. Gómez, J. G. Fernández-Trincado +5

Understanding how the Milky Way disc assembled and evolved requires tracing the coupled evolution of stellar chemistry and orbital structure over time. Open clusters, as coeval ste…

astro-ph.GA2026

Discovery of a low surface brightness galaxy in the Zone of Avoidance using VVVX Deepstack imaging

J. L. Nilo-Castellón, L. Baravalle, D. Minniti +12

We report the discovery of VVVX J080705.96-273823.6, the first low-surface-brightness galaxy candidate identified in the Zone of Avoidance by the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea…

astro-ph.GA2026

The connection between surface brightness and satellite systems for central galaxies through Illustris TNG

Silvio Rodriguez, Yamila Yaryura, Jose A. Benavides +7

We analyse different properties of central low-surface-brightness galaxies (LSBGs) and their satellite systems using the simulation Illustris TNG-100, in order to deepen our unders…

astro-ph.GA2025

Consensus based Algorithm for Nonparametric Detection of Star Clusters (CANDiSC)

C O Obasi, J G Fernandez Trincado, M Gomez +14

Context: The VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) and its extension (VVVX) are near-infrared surveys mapping the Galactic bulge and adjacent disk. These data have enabled the di…

astro-ph.GA2025

The VVVX quest for satellites around the Circinus galaxy

L. D. Baravalle, A. L. O'Mill, M. V. Alonso +10

The Circinus galaxy is the nearest type-2 Seyfert galaxy, which is at a distance of 4.2 Mpc. Its environment is challenging to explore because it is located at low Galactic latitud…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

Faint galaxies in the Zone of Avoidance revealed by JWST/NIRCam

J. L. Nilo-Castellón, M. V. Alonso, L. Baravalle +12

The Zone of Avoidance (ZoA) remains one of the last frontiers in constructing a comprehensive three-dimensional map of the Universe. Galactic extinction, stellar crowding, and conf…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

High energy gamma-ray sources in the VVV survey - III. Spectroscopic confirmation of an AGN at low Galactic latitudes

Eduardo O. Schmidt, Laura D. Baravalle, Ana Pichel +9

We aim to spectroscopically confirm the nature of VVV-J181258.71-314346.7, a candidate counterpart to the unassociated gamma-ray source 4FGLJ1812.8-3144. This object was selected b…

astro-ph.GA2025

The VVV near-IR galaxy catalogue of the southern Galactic disc

M. V. Alonso, L. D. Baravalle, J. L. Nilo Castellón +16

The distribution of galaxies in the Zone of Avoidance (ZoA) is incomplete due to the presence of our own Galaxy. Our research focused on the identification and characterisation of…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 38 cited

The VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea eXtended (VVVX) ESO public survey: Completion of the observations and legacy

R. K. Saito, M. Hempel, J. Alonso-García +143

The ESO public survey VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea (VVV) surveyed the inner Galactic bulge and the adjacent southern Galactic disk from . Upon its conclusion, the c…

astro-ph.GA2024

Galaxies in the zone of avoidance: Misclassifications using machine learning tools

P. Marchant Cortés, J. L. Nilo Castellón, M. V. Alonso +10

Automated methods for classifying extragalactic objects in large surveys offer significant advantages compared to manual approaches in terms of efficiency and consistency. However,…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 5 cited

Searching for globular clusters in the inner halo of the Circinus galaxy

C. O. Obasi, M. Gomez, D. Minniti +3

In this study, we search for Globular Clusters (GCs) in the inner halo of the Circinus galaxy using a combination of observational data. Our dataset includes observations from the…

astro-ph.HE2024

High energy gamma-ray sources in the VVV survey -- II. The AGN counterparts

Laura G. Donoso, Ana Pichel, Laura D. Baravalle +9

We identified Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) candidates as counterparts to unidentified gamma-ray sources (UGS) from the Fermi-LAT Fourth Source Catalogue at lower Galactic latitudes…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 10 cited

The VVV near-IR galaxy catalogue in a Northern part of the Galactic disc

I. V. Daza-Perilla, M. A. Sgró, L. D. Baravalle +9

The automated identification of extragalactic objects in large surveys provides reliable and reproducible samples of galaxies in less time than procedures involving human interacti…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 4 cited

AGN candidates in the VVV near-IR galaxy catalogue

Laura D. Baravalle, Eduardo O. Schmidt, M. Victoria Alonso +7

The goal of this work is to search for Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) in the Galactic disc at very low latitudes with |b| 2. For this, we studied the five sources from th…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 9 cited

The globular cluster system of the nearest Seyfert II galaxy Circinus

C. Obasi, M. Gómez, D. Minniti +7

Context. The globular cluster (GC) system of Circinus galaxy has not been probed previously partly because of the location of the galaxy at - 3.8 Galactic latitude which su…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 9 cited

A deep near-infrared view of the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster

D. Galdeano, G. Coldwell, F. Duplancic +8

Context: The Ophiuchus cluster of galaxies, located at low latitudes in the direction of the Galactic bulge, has been relatively poorly studied in comparison with other rich galaxy…

astro-ph.GA2022

Galaxy clustering in the VVV Near-IR Galaxy Catalogue

Mario Soto, Mario A. Sgró, Laura D. Baravalle +7

Mapping galaxies at low Galactic latitudes and determining their clustering status are fundamental steps in defining the large-scale structure in the nearby Universe. The VVV Near-…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 5 cited

Spectroscopic study of the [OIII]5007 profile in Seyfert 1 galaxies

Eduardo O. Schmidt, Laura D. Baravalle, Adriana R. Rodríguez-Kamenetzky

The spectra of active galactic nuclei usually exhibit wings in some emission lines, such as [OIII]5007,4959, with these wings generally being blueshifted and related to strong…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 18 cited

The VVV Near-IR Galaxy Catalogue beyond the Galactic disk

Laura D. Baravalle, M. Victoria Alonso, Dante Minniti +7

Knowledge about the large-scale distribution of galaxies is far from complete in the Zone of Avoidance, which is mostly due to high interstellar extinction and to source confusion…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 13 cited

A Color-Excess Extinction map of the Southern Galactic disk from the VVV and GLIMPSE Surveys

M. Soto, R. Barbá, D. Minniti +24

An improved high-resolution and deep A foreground dust extinction map is presented for the Galactic disk area within , $-1.0^{\c…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 12 cited

The First Galaxy Cluster Discovered by the VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea Survey

L. D. Baravalle, J. L. Nilo Castellón, M. V. Alonso +12

We report the first confirmed detection of the galaxy cluster VVV-J144321-611754 at very low latitudes (l = 315.836, b = -1.650) located in the tile d015 of the…