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    • ESO-VLT and Spitzer spectroscopy of IRAS 05328−6827 : a massive young stellar object in the Large Magellanic Cloud 

      van Loon, J.T.; Oliveira, J.M.; Wood, P.R.; Zijlstra, A.A.; Sloan, G.C.; Matsuura, M.; Whitelock, P.A.; Groenewegen, M.A.T.; Blommaert, J.A.D.L.; Cioni, M-R.L.; Hony, S.; Loup, C.; Waters, L.B.F.M. (2005)
    • The Magellanic Clouds as a Template for the Study of Stellar Populations and Galaxy Interactions 

      Cioni, M-R.L.; Bekki, K.; Clementini, G.; de Blok, W.J.G.; Emerson, J.P.; Evans, Chris J.; de Grijs, R.; Gibson, B. K.; Girardi, L.; Groenewegen, M.A.T.; Ivanov, V.D.; Leisy, P.; Marconi, M.; Mastropietro, C.; Moore, B.; Naylor, T.; Oliveira, J.M.; Ripepi, V.; van Loon, J. Th; Wilkinson, Mark; Wood, P.R. (2008-01)
      The Magellanic System represents one of the best places to study the formation and evolution of galaxies. Photometric surveys of various depths, areas and wavelengths have had a significant impact on our understanding of ...
    • The VMC survey - IX : Pilot study of the proper motion of stellar populations in the LMC from 2MASS and VISTA data 

      Cioni, M-R.L.; Giradi, L.; Moretti, M.I.; Piffl, T.; Ripepi, V.; Rubele, S.; Scholz, R.D.; Bekki, K.; Clementini, G.; Ivanov, V.D.; Oliveira, J.M.; van Loon, J. Th (2014-02)
      Proper motion (PM) studies are fundamental ingredients in the understanding of the orbital history of galaxies. Current measurements do not yet provide a satisfactory answer to the possible scenarios for the formation and ...
    • The VMC survey - V : First results for classical Cepheids 

      Ripepi, V.; Moretti, M.I.; Marconi, M.; Clementini, G.; Cioni, M-R.L.; Marquette, J-B.; Girardi, L.; Rubele, S.; Groenewegen, M.A.T.; de Grijs, R.; Gibson, B. K.; Oliveira, J.M.; van Loon, J. Th; Emerson, J.P. (2012-08)
      The VISTA Magellanic Cloud (VMC; PI: M.-R. L. Cioni) survey is collecting deep Ks-band time series photometry of the pulsating variable stars hosted by the system formed by the two Magellanic Clouds (MCs) and the bridge ...
    • The VMC survey - VIII : First results for anomalous Cepheids 

      Ripepi, V.; Marconi, M.; Moretti, M.I.; Clementini, G.; Cioni, M-R.L.; de Grijs, R.; Emerson, J.P.; Groenewegen, M.A.T.; Ivanov, V.D.; Oliveira, J.M. (2014-01-21)
      The VISTA near-infrared YJKs survey of the Magellanic Clouds System (VMC, PI M.-R. L. Cioni) is collecting deep Ks-band time-series photometry of the pulsating variable stars hosted in the system formed by the two Magellanic ...
    • The VMC survey I. Strategy and first data 

      Cioni, M-R.L.; Clementini, G.; Girardi, L.; Guandalini, R.; Gullieuszik, M.; Miszalski, B.; Moretti, M.I.; Ripepi, V.; Rubele, S.; Bagheri, G.; Bekki, K.; Cross, N.J.G.; de Blok, W.J.G.; de Grijs, R.; Emerson, J.P.; Evans, C.J.; Gibson, B.; Gonzales-Solares, E.; Groenewegen, M.A.T.; Irwin, M.J.; Ivanov, V.D.; Lewis, J.; Marconi, M.; Marquette, J-B.; Mastropietro, C.; Moore, B.; Napiwotzki, R.; Naylor, T.; Oliveira, J.M.; Read, M.; Sutorius, E.; van Loon, J.T.; Wilkinson, M.I.; Wood, P.R. (2011-03)
      Context: The new VISual and Infrared Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) has started operations. Over its first five years it will be collecting data for six public surveys, one of which is the near-infrared YJK(s) VISTA survey ...
    • The VMC survey II : A multi-wavelength study of LMC planetary nebulae and their mimics 

      Miszalski, Brent; Napiwotzki, Ralf; Cioni, M-R.L.; Groenewegen, M.A.T.; Oliveira, J.M.; Udalski, A. (2011)
      The VISTA Magellanic Cloud (VMC) survey is assembling a deep, multi-epoch atlas of Y JKs photometry across the Magellanic Clouds. Prior to the VMC survey only the brightest Magellanic Cloud PNe (MCPNe) were accessible at ...
    • The VMC survey III : Mass-loss rates and luminosities of LMC AGB stars 

      Gullieuszik, M.; Groenewegen, M.A.T.; Cioni, M-R.L.; de Grijs, R.; van Loon, J. Th; Girardi, L.; Ivanov, V.D.; Oliveira, J.M.; Emerson, J.P.; Guandalini, R. (2012-01)
      Context. Asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars are major contributors to both the chemical enrichment of the interstellar medium and the integrated light of galaxies. Despite its importance, the AGB is one of the least ...
    • The VMC survey: IV : the LMC star formation history and disk geometry from four VMC tiles 

      Rubele, S.; Kerber, L.O.; Girardi, L.; Cioni, M-R.L.; Marigo, P.; Zaggia, S.; Bekki, K.; de Grijs, R.; Emerson, J.P.; Groenewegen, M.A.T.; Gullieuszik, M.; Ivanov, V.D.; Miszalski, Brent; Oliveira, J.M.; Tatton, B.; van Loon, J.T. (2012-01)
      We derive the star formation history (SFH) for several regions of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), using deep near-infrared data from the VISTA near-infrared YJK s survey of the Magellanic system (VMC). The regions include ...