Browsing Articles by Author "Bidin, C. Moni"

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Massive open star clusters using the VVV survey I. Presentation of the data and description of the approach

Majaess, Daniel J.; Chene, A.-N.; Borissova, J.; Clarke, J. R. A.; Bonatto, C.; Bidin, C. Moni; Sale, S. E.; Mauro, F.; Kurtev, R.; Baume, G. (EDP Sciences for European Southern Observatory, 2012-09)

Context. The ESO Public Survey “VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea” (VVV) provides deep multi-epoch infrared observations for unprecedented 562 sq. degrees of the Galactic bulge, and adjacent regions of the disk. Aims. The ...
Strengthening the open cluster distance scale via VVV photometry

Majaess, Daniel J.; Turner, David Gerald, 1945-; Bidin, C. Moni; Geisler, D.; Borissova, J.; Minniti, D.; Bonatto, C.; Gieren, W.; Carraro, G.; Kurtev, R. (EDP Sciences, 2012-01)

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 ...

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