The VMC survey

Author: Cioni Maria-Rosa L.   Bekki Kenji   Girardi Léo   de Grijs Richard   Irwin Mike J.   Ivanov Valentin D.   Marconi Marcella   Oliveira Joana M.   Piatti Andrés E.   Ripepi Vincenzo   van Loon Jacco Th.  

Publisher: Edp Sciences

E-ISSN: 1432-0746|586|issue|A77-A77

ISSN: 0004-6361

Source: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol.586, Iss.issue, 2016-01, pp. : A77-A77

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Abstract

Aims. In this study we use multi-epoch near-infrared observations from the VISTA survey of the Magellanic Cloud system (VMC) to measure the proper motions of different stellar populations in a tile of 1.5 deg2 in size in the direction of the Galactic globular cluster 47 Tuc. We obtain the proper motion of the cluster itself, of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), and of the field Milky Way stars.

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