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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
earth and planetary sciences
VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV): The public ESO near-IR variability survey of the Milky Way
New Astronomy, Volume 15, No. 5, Year 2010
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We describe the public ESO near-IR variability survey (VVV) scanning the Milky Way bulge and an adjacent section of the mid-plane where star formation activity is high. The survey will take 1929 h of observations with the 4-m VISTA telescope during 5 years (2010-2014), covering ∼109 point sources across an area of 520 deg2, including 33 known globular clusters and ∼350 open clusters. The final product will be a deep near-IR atlas in five passbands (0.9-2.5 μm) and a catalogue of more than 106 variable point sources. Unlike single-epoch surveys that, in most cases, only produce 2-D maps, the VVV variable star survey will enable the construction of a 3-D map of the surveyed region using well-understood distance indicators such as RR Lyrae stars, and Cepheids. It will yield important information on the ages of the populations. The observations will be combined with data from MACHO, OGLE, EROS, VST, Spitzer, HST, Chandra, INTEGRAL, WISE, Fermi LAT, XMM-Newton, GAIA and ALMA for a complete understanding of the variable sources in the inner Milky Way. This public survey will provide data available to the whole community and therefore will enable further studies of the history of the Milky Way, its globular cluster evolution, and the population census of the Galactic Bulge and center, as well as the investigations of the star forming regions in the disk. The combined variable star catalogues will have important implications for theoretical investigations of pulsation properties of stars. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Minniti, Dante
Chile, Santiago
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Italy, Rome
Vatican Observatory
Lucas, Philip W.
United Kingdom, Hatfield
University of Hertfordshire
Emerson, James P.
United Kingdom, London
Queen Mary University of London
Saito, Roberto K.
Chile, Santiago
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Hempel, Maren
Chile, Santiago
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Pietrukowicz, Pawełl
Chile, Santiago
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Poland, Warsaw
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Ahumada, Andrea V.
Argentina, Cordoba
Observatorio Astronomico de la Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
Chile, Santiago
European Southern Observatory Santiago
Argentina, Buenos Aires
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Alonso, María Victoria
Argentina, Cordoba
Observatorio Astronomico de la Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
Alonso-García, Javier
United States, Ann Arbor
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Arias, Julia Inés
Chile, La Serena
Universidad de la Serena
Bandyopadhyay, Reba M.
United States, Gainesville
University of Florida
Barbá, Rodolfo H. H.
Chile, La Serena
Universidad de la Serena
Barbuy, Béatriz
Brazil, Sao Paulo
Universidade de São Paulo
Bedin, Luigi R.
United States, Baltimore
Space Telescope Science Institute
Bica, Eduardo L.D.
Brazil, Porto Alegre
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Borissova, Jura
Chile, Valparaiso
Universidad de Valparaiso
Bronfman, Leonardo
Chile, Santiago
Universidad de Chile
Carraro, Giovanni
Chile, Santiago
European Southern Observatory Santiago
Catelan, Márcio
Chile, Santiago
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Claría, Juan José
Argentina, Cordoba
Observatorio Astronomico de la Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
Cross, Nicholas J.G.
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh, Institute for Astronomy
de Grijs, Richard
United Kingdom, Sheffield
The University of Sheffield
China, Beijing
National Astronomical Observatories Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dékány, István
Hungary, Budapest
Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia
Drew, J. E.
United Kingdom, Hatfield
University of Hertfordshire
United Kingdom, London
Imperial College London
Fariña, Cecilia
Argentina, La Plata
Instituto de Astrofísica de la Plata
Feinstein, Carlos
Argentina, La Plata
Instituto de Astrofísica de la Plata
Fernández-Lajús, Eduardo
Argentina, La Plata
Instituto de Astrofísica de la Plata
Gamen, Roberto C.
Chile, La Serena
Universidad de la Serena
Geisler, Douglas P.
Chile, Biobio
Universidad de Concepcion
Gieren, Wolfgang P.
Chile, Biobio
Universidad de Concepcion
Goldman, Bertrand
Germany, Heidelberg
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
González, Óscar A.
Germany, Garching Bei Munchen
European Southern Observatory
Günthardt, Guillermo I.
Chile, La Serena
Universidad de la Serena
Gurovich, Sebastían
Argentina, Cordoba
Observatorio Astronomico de la Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
Hambly, Nigel C.
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh, Institute for Astronomy
Irwin, Michael J.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Institute of Astronomy
Ivanov, Valentin D.
Chile, Santiago
European Southern Observatory Santiago
Jordán, Andrés
Chile, Santiago
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Kerins, Eamonn J.
United Kingdom, Manchester
The University of Manchester
Kinemuchi, Karen
Chile, La Serena
Universidad de la Serena
Chile, Biobio
Universidad de Concepcion
Kurtev, Radostin G.
Chile, Valparaiso
Universidad de Valparaiso
López-Corredoira, Martíin
Spain, San Cristobal de la Laguna
Instituto Astrofisico de Canarias
MacCarone, Thomas J.
United Kingdom, Southampton
University of Southampton
Masetti, Nicola
Italy, Bologna
Inaf Istituto Di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Bologna
Merlo, David C.
Argentina, Cordoba
Observatorio Astronomico de la Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
Messineo, Maria
United States, Rochester
Rochester Institute of Technology
Netherlands, Noordwijk Aan Zee
Estec - European Space Research and Technology Centre
Mirabel, I. Félix
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Cea Saclay
Argentina, Buenos Aires
Instituto de Astronomía y Física Del Espacio
Monaco, Lorenzo
Chile, Santiago
European Southern Observatory Santiago
Morelli, Lorenzo
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Padilla, Nelson D.
Chile, Santiago
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Palma, Tali
Argentina, Cordoba
Observatorio Astronomico de la Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
Parisi, María Celeste
Argentina, Cordoba
Observatorio Astronomico de la Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
Pignata, Giuliano
Chile, Santiago
Universidad Andrés Bello
Rejkuba, Marina
Germany, Garching Bei Munchen
European Southern Observatory
Roman-Lopes, Alexandre
Chile, La Serena
Universidad de la Serena
Sale, Stuart E.
United Kingdom, London
Imperial College London
Schreiber, Matthias R.
Chile, Valparaiso
Universidad de Valparaiso
Schröder, Anja C.
United Kingdom, Leicester
University of Leicester
South Africa, Krugersdorp
Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory
Smith, Michael D.
United Kingdom, Canterbury
University of Kent
Jr, L. Sodré
Brazil, Sao Paulo
Universidade de São Paulo
Soto, Mario
Chile, La Serena
Universidad de la Serena
Tamura, Motohide
Japan, Mitaka
National Institutes of Natural Sciences - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Tappert, Claus
Chile, Santiago
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Thompson, Mark A.
United Kingdom, Hatfield
University of Hertfordshire
Toledo, Ignacio
Chile, Santiago
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Zoccali, Manuela
Chile, Santiago
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Pietrzýnski, Grzegorz
Chile, Biobio
Universidad de Concepcion
Statistics
Citations: 612
Authors: 67
Affiliations: 40
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.newast.2009.12.002
ISSN:
13841076
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