Browsing University of Hertfordshire by Author "Saito, R.K."

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    • The edge of the milky way stellar disk revealed using clump giant stars as distance indicators 

      Minniti, D.; Saito, R.K.; Alonso-Garcia, J.; Lucas, P.W.; Hempel, M. (2011)
      We use the clump giants of the disk as standard candles calibrated from Hipparcos parallaxes in order to map their distribution with two new near-infrared surveys of the Galactic plane: UKIDSS-GPS and VISTA Variables in ...

    • Hundreds of new cluster candidates in the VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea survey DR1 

      Barba, R.H.; Roman-Lopes, A.; Nilo Castellon, J.L.; Firpo, V.; Minniti, D.; Lucas, P.W.; Emerson, J.P.; Hempel, M.; Soto, M.; Saito, R.K. (2015-09-18)
      Context. VISTA variables in the Vía Láctea is an ESO Public survey dedicated to scanning the bulge and an adjacent portion of the Galactic disk in the fourth quadrant using the VISTA telescope and its near-infrared camera ...

    • Milky Way demographics with the VVV survey III : Evidence for a great dark lane in the 157 million star bulge color-magnitude diagram 

      Minniti, D.; Saito, R.K.; Gonzalez, O. A.; Zoccali, M.; Rejkuba, M.; Alonso-Garciá, J.; Benjamin, R.; Catelan, M.; Dékány, I.; Emerson, J.P.; Hempel, M.; Lucas, P.W.; Schultheis, M. (2014-11)
      The new generation of IR surveys are revealing and quantifying Galactic features that provide an improved 3D interpretation of our own Galaxy. We present an analysis of the global distribution of dust clouds in the bulge ...

    • New evidence supporting membership for TW nor in Lyngå 6 and the centaurus spiral arm 

      Majaess, D.; Turner, D.; Moni Bidin, C.; Mauro, F.; Geisler, D.; Gieren, W.; Chené, A.-N.; Minniti, D.; Saito, R.K.; Minniti, D.; Minniti, D.; Chené, A.-N.; Borissova, J.; Kurtev, R.; Lucas, P.W.; Dékny, I. (2011)
      The putative association between the 10. 8 classical Cepheid TW Nor and the open cluster Lyngå 6 has generated considerable debate in the literature.NewJHK photometry in tandem with existing radial velocities for Lyngå 6 ...

    • New galactic star clusters discovered in the VVV survey : Candidates projected on the inner disk and bulge 

      Borissova, J.; Chené, A. N.; Ramírez Alegría, S.; Sharma, S.; Clarke, J. R. A.; Kurtev, R.; Negueruela, I.; Marco, A.; Amigo, P.; Minniti, D.; Bica, E.; Bonatto, C.; Catelan, M.; Fierro, C.; Geisler, D.; Gromadzki, M.; Hempel, M.; Hanson, M. M.; Ivanov, V. D.; Lucas, P.W.; Majaess, D.; Moni Bidin, C.; Popescu, B.; Saito, R.K. (2014-09)
      Context. VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea (VVV) is one of six ESO Public Surveys using the 4 meter Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA). The VVV survey covers the Milky Way bulge and an adjacent ...

    • Strengthening the open cluster distance scale via VVV photometry 

      Majaess, D.; Turner, D.; Moni Bidin, C.; Geisler, D.; Borissova, J.; Minniti, D.; Bonatto, C.; Gieren, W.; Carraro, G.; Kurtev, R.; Mauro, F.; Chené, A.-N.; Forbes, D.; Lucas, P.W.; Dékány, I.; Saito, R.K.; Soto, M. (2012)
      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 markedly worse. That impedes such diverse ...

    • VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) : The public ESO near-IR variability survey of the Milky Way 

      Minniti, D.; Lucas, P.W.; Emerson, J.P.; Saito, R.K.; Hempel, M.; Pietrukowicz, P.; Ahumada, A.V.; Alonso, M.V.; Alonso-Garcia, J.; Arias, J.I.; Bandyopadhyay, R.M.; Barba, R.; Barbuy, B.; Bedin, L.R.; Bica, E.; Borissova, J.; Bronfman, L.; Carraro, G.; Catelan, M.; Claria, J. J.; Cross, N.; de Grijs, R.; Dekany, I.; Drew, J.E.; Farina, C.; Feinstein, C.; Fernandez Lajus, E.; Gamen, R.C.; Geisler, D.; Gieren, W.; Goldman, B.; Gonzalez, O. A.; Gunthardt, G.; Gurovich, S.; Hambly, N.C.; Irwin, M.J.; Ivanov, V.D.; Jordan, A.; Kerins, E.; Kinemuchi, K.; Kurtev, R.; Lopez-Corredoira, M.; Maccarone, T.; Masetti, N.; Merlo, D.; Messineo, M.; Mirabel, I.F.; Monaco, L.; Morelli, L.; Padilla, N.; Palma, T.; Parisi, M.C.; Pignata, G.; Rejkuba, M.; Roman-Lopes, A.; Sale, S. E.; Schreiber, M. R.; Schroder, A.C.; Smith, M.; Sodre Jr, L.; Soto, M.; Tamura, M.; Tappert, C.; Thompson, Mark; Toledo, I.; Zoccali, M.; Pietrzynski, G. (2010)
      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 ...

    • 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 Vía Láctea 

      Saito, R.K.; Hempel, M.; Minniti, D.; Lucas, P.W.; Rejkuba, M.; Toledo, I.; Gonzalez, O. A.; Alonso-García, J.; Irwin, M.J.; Gonzalez-Solares, E.; Hodgkin, S.T.; Lewis, J.R.; Cross, N.; Ivanov, V.D.; Kerins, E.; Emerson, J.P.; Soto, M.; Amôres, E.B.; Gurovich, S.; Dékány, I.; Angeloni, R.; Beamin, J.C.; Catelan, M.; Padilla, N.; Zoccali, M.; Pietrukowicz, P.; Moni Bidin, C.; Mauro, F.; Geisler, D.; Folkes, S.L.; Sale, S.E.; Borissova, J.; Kurtev, R.; Ahumada, A.V.; Alonso, M.V.; Adamson, A.; Arias, J.I.; Bandyopadhyay, R.M.; Barbá, R.H.; Barbuy, B.; Baume, G. L.; Bedin, L.R.; Bellini, A.; Benjamin, R.; Bica, E.; Bonatto, C.; Bronfman, L.; Carraro, G.; Chenè, A.N.; Clariá, J.J.; Clarke, J.R.A.; Contreras, C.; Corvillón, A.; de Grijs, R.; Dias, B.; Drew, J.E.; Fariña, C.; Feinstein, C.; Fernández-Lajús, E.; Gamen, R.C.; Gieren, W.; Goldman, B.; González-Fernández, C.; Grand, R. J. J.; Gunthardt, G.; Hambly, N.C.; Hanson, M. M.; Helminiak, K.G.; Hoare, M.G.; Huckvale, L.; Jordán, A.; Kinemuchi, K.; Longmore, A.; López-Corredoira, M.; Maccarone, T.; Majaess, D.; Martín, E.L.; Masetti, N.; Mennickent, R.E.; Mirabel, I.F.; Monaco, L.; Morelli, L.; Motta, V.; Palma, T.; Parisi, M.C.; Parker, Q.; Peñaloza, F.; Pietrzyski, G.; Pignata, G.; Popescu, B.; Read, M. A.; Rojas, A.; Roman-Lopes, A.; Ruiz, M.T.; Saviane, I.; Schreiber, M. R.; Schröder, A. C.; Sharma, S.; Smith, M.D.; Sodré, L.; Stead, J.; Stephens, A. W.; Tamura, M.; Tappert, C.; Thompson, Mark; Valenti, E.; Vanzi, L.; Walton, N.A.; Weidmann, W.; Zijlstra, A. (2012)
      Context. The ESO public survey VISTA variables in the Vía Láctea (VVV) started in 2010. VVV targets 562 sq. deg in the Galactic bulge and an adjacent plane region and is expected to run for about five years. Aims. We ...