The Messenger Astronomical Science

The VISTA Star Formation Atlas (VISIONS)

No. 191 (September 2023), 18–22

Authors
  • Meingast, Stefan [Institute for Astrophysics, University of Vienna, Austria]
  • Alves, João [Institute for Astrophysics, University of Vienna, Austria]
  • Bouy, Herve [Astrophysics Laboratory, University of Bordeaux, France]
  • for the VISIONS collaboration
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Section
Astronomical Science
Abstract

VISIONS is a public survey that explores five nearby star-forming molecular cloud complexes. The observing programme finished in March 2022, after collecting more than one million individual images in the near-infrared passbands J, H, and KS over a period of five years. VISIONS aims to provide a comprehensive legacy archive similar to the Two Micron All Sky Survey. In addition, multi-epoch observations facilitate proper motion measurements for sources inaccessible to Gaia. VISIONS addresses science cases related to the identification of young stars, their 3D motions, the evolution of embedded star clusters, and the characteristics of interstellar dust.

DOI
Bibcode
2023Msngr.191...18M
Dates
Created: 2023-09-01/2023-09-30
Length
5 pages
Rights
Copyright European Southern Observatory

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Meingast, S., Alves, J., Bouy, H., for the VISIONS collaboration; The VISTA Star Formation Atlas (VISIONS). The Messenger 191 (September 2023): 18–22. https://doi.org/10.18727/0722-6691/5336