D. Minniti

Globular cluster candidates uncovered by VVVX and MUSE

The Milky Way has about 220 cataloged globular clusters. This number is far smaller than what is found in a similar galaxy such as Andromeda, which has about 600 globular clusters. Two possible reasons for this large difference might be observational bias and cluster dissolution. The infrared photometric survey VISTA V...

A newly discovered VVVX star cluster surfing the Galactic disk

We report Garro 04, a previously unidentified stellar cluster toward the Galactic disk, which was discovered as part of the ESO/KMOS VVVX-GalCen Spectroscopic Survey. This object was serendipitously confirmed as a stellar overdensity in the VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea eXtended (VVVX) survey footprint and subseque...

A newly discovered VVVX star cluster surfing the Galactic disk

The extragalactic science of the KMOS VVVX-GalCen spectroscopic survey II: Discovery of a galaxy cluster at z = 0.089 behind the Galactic plane

The Zone of Avoidance (ZoA) continues to represent the most significant incompleteness in the extragalactic census of the Local Universe. It is evident that photometric surveys alone are insufficient to establish whether the galaxy overdensities detected therein are physical systems or projections along the line of sig...

The deepest color-magnitude diagrams for the benchmark open cluster NGC,2437 from Gaia and VVVX

Deep photometry of Galactic star clusters provides one of the most powerful tools for determining their physical properties. In particular, in low Galactic latitude regions that suffer from heavy extinction and crowding, it is essential to have accurate optical and near-IR photometry for benchmark clusters. NGC,2437 is...