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

The Milky Way and the Local Group (MWLG)
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    New massive members of Cygnus OB2
    Context. The Cygnus complex is one of the most powerful star forming regions at a close distance from the Sun ( 1.4 kpc). Its richest OB association Cygnus OB2...
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    New near-infrared JHKs light-curve templates for RR Lyrae variables
    We provide homogeneous optical (UBVRI) and near-infrared (NIR, JHK) time series photometry for 254 cluster (ω Cen, M 4) and field RR Lyrae (RRL) variables. We...
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    New Theoretical Period-Luminosity-Metallicity Relations for RR Lyrae in the Rubin-LSST Filters
    The revolutionary power of future Rubin-LSST observations will allow us to significantly improve the physics of pulsating stars, including RR Lyrae. In this...
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    New very massive stars in Cygnus OB2
    Context: The compact association Cygnus OB2 is known to contain a large population of massive stars, but its total mass is currently a matter of debate. While...
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    NGC 1624-2: a slowly rotating, X-ray luminous Of?cp star with an extraordinarily strong magnetic field
    This paper presents a first observational investigation of the faint Of?p star NGC 1624-2, yielding important new constraints on its spectral and physical...
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    NGC 2419: a large and extreme second generation in a currently undisturbed cluster
    We analyse complementary Hubble Space Telescope and Subaru data for the globular cluster NGC 2419. We make a detailed analysis of the horizontal branch (HB)...
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    NGC 2579 and the carbon and oxygen abundance gradients beyond the solar circle
    We present deep echelle spectrophotometry of the Galactic H II region NGC 2579. The data have been taken with the Very Large Telescope Ultraviolet-Visual...
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    NGC 6705 a young α-enhanced open cluster from OCCASO data
    Context. The stellar [α/Fe] abundance is sometimes used as a proxy for stellar age, following standard chemical evolution models for the Galaxy, as seen by...
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    Nickel- and iron-rich clumps in planetary nebulae: New discoveries and emission-line diagnostics
    Context. Integral field spectroscopy (IFS) offers a distinct advantage for studying extended sources by enabling spatially resolved emission maps for several...