New Galactic star clusters discovered in the VVV survey

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J. Borissova · University of Valparaíso

C. Bonatto · Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

R. Kurtev · University of Valparaíso

J. R. A. Clarke · University of Valparaíso

Fernanda Peñaloza · University of Valparaíso

S. E. Sale · University of Valparaíso

D. Minniti ·

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Context. VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea (VVV) is one of the six ESO Public Surveys operating on the new 4-m Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA). VVV is scanning the Milky Way bulge and an adjacent section of the disk, where star formation activity is high. One of the principal goals of the VVV Survey is to find new star clusters of differentages.

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Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysical Research

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Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volume 532, pp. A131-A131

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201116662

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