The VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea (VVV): Current Status and First Results

SAITO, R.; HEMPEL, M.; ALONSO-GARCÍA, J.; TOLEDO, I.; BORISSOVA, J.; GONZÁLEZ, O.;; BEAMIN, J. C.; MINNITI, D.; LUCAS, P.; EMERSON, J.; AHUMADA, A.; AIGRAIN, S.; ALONSO, M. V.; AMÔRES, E.; ANGELONI, R.; ARIAS, J.; BANDYOPADHYAY, R.; BARBÁ, R.; BARBUY, B.; BAUME, G.; BEDIN, L.; BICA, E.; BRONFMAN, L.; CARRARO, G.; CATELAN, M.; CLARIÁ, J.; CONTRERAS, C.; CROSS, N.; DAVIS, C.; DE GRIJS, R.; DÉKÁNY, I.; JANET DREW, J. D.; FARIÑA, C.; FEINSTEIN, C.; FERNÁNDEZ LAJÚS, E.; FOLKES, S.; GAMEN, R.; GEISLER, D.; GIEREN, W.; GOLDMAN, B.; GOSLING, A.; GUNTHARDT, G.; GUROVICH, S.; HAMBLY, N.; HANSON, M.; HOARE, M.; IRWIN, M.; IVANOV, V.; JORDÁN, A.; KERINS, E.; KINEMUCHI, K.; KURTEV, R.; LONGMORE, A.; LÓPEZ-CORREDOIRA, M.; MACCARONE, T.; MARTÍN, E.; MASETTI, N.; MENNICKENT, R.; MERLO, D.; MESSINEO, M.; MIRABEL, F.; MONACO, L.; MONI BIDIN, C.; MORELLI, L.; PADILLA, N.; PALMA, T.; PARISI, M. C.; PARKER, Q.; PAVANI, D.; PIETRUKOWICZ, P.; PIETRZYNSKI, G.; PIGNATA, G.; REJKUBA, M.; ROJAS, A.; ROMAN-LOPES, A.; RUIZ, M. T.; SALE,

The ESO Messenger

ESO

Año: 2010 vol. 141 p. 24 - 28

0722-6691

VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea (VVV)is a public ESO near-IR variabilitysurveyaimed at scanning the Milky WayBulge and an adjacent section of themid-plane. VVV observations started inOctober 2009 during ESO science verification.Regular observations for thefirst year of the survey have been conductedsince February 2010 and willcover a total area of 520 square degreesin five passbands and five epochs. Herewe address the first results obtainedfrom the VVV Survey as well as the currentstatus of the observations.