Lines of research: The Milky Way and the Local Group (MWLG)

The Milky Way and the Local Group (MWLG)
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    VLT/FLAMES spectroscopy of red giant branch stars in the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy
    Context. Fornax is one of the most massive dwarf spheroidal galaxies in the Local Group. The Fornax field star population is dominated by intermediate age stars...
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    VLT/FORS1 spectrophotometry of the first planetary nebula discovered in the Phoenix dwarf galaxy
    Context: A planetary nebula (PN) candidate was discovered during FORS imaging of the Local Group dwarf galaxy Phoenix. Aims: We use this PN to complement...
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    Volumetric Rates of Luminous Red Novae and Intermediate-luminosity Red Transients with the Zwicky Transient Facility
    Luminous red novae (LRNe) are transients characterized by low luminosities and expansion velocities, and they are associated with mergers or common-envelope...
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    VV124 (UGC4879): a new transitional dwarf galaxy in the periphery of the Local Group
    We present the first photometry of individual stars within VV124 (UGC4879) and find that this is the most isolated dwarf galaxy in the periphery of the Local...
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    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
    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...
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    Warp and flare of the Galactic disc revealed with supergiants by Gaia EDR3
    Context. The outer Galactic disc contains some features such as the warp and flare, whose origin is still debated. The Gaia data provide an excellent...
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    Washington photometry of five star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud
    Aims: We present CCD photometry in the Washington system C and T1 passbands down to T1 ~ 22.5 in the fields of NGC 1697, SL 133, NGC 1997, SL 663, and OHSC 28...
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    Water-ice-driven Activity on Main-Belt Comet P/2010 A2 (LINEAR)?
    The dust ejecta of Main-Belt Comet P/2010 A2 (LINEAR) have been observed with several telescopes at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos on La Palma...
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    Weak Galactic Halo-Dwarf Spheroidal Connection from RR Lyrae Stars
    We discuss the role that dwarf galaxies may have played in the formation of the Galactic halo (Halo) using RR Lyrae stars (RRL) as tracers of their ancient...