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Euclid preparation. I. The Euclid Wide Survey
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141938 Bibcode: 2022A&A...662A.112E

Aussel, H.; Cimatti, A.; Schultheis, M. +242 more

Euclid is a mission of the European Space Agency that is designed to constrain the properties of dark energy and gravity via weak gravitational lensing and galaxy clustering. It will carry out a wide area imaging and spectroscopy survey (the Euclid Wide Survey: EWS) in visible and near-infrared bands, covering approximately 15 000 deg2

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 387
The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey. V. Second data release
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202142484 Bibcode: 2022A&A...659A...1S

Prandoni, I.; Zhang, X.; Di Gennaro, G. +103 more

In this data release from the ongoing LOw-Frequency ARray (LOFAR) Two-metre Sky Survey we present 120-168 MHz images covering 27% of the northern sky. Our coverage is split into two regions centred at approximately 12h45m +44°30' and 1h00m +28°00' and spanning 4178 and 1457 square degrees respectively. The images were derived from 3451 h (7.6 PB) …

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 370
The eROSITA Final Equatorial Depth Survey (eFEDS). X-ray catalogue
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141266 Bibcode: 2022A&A...661A...1B

Finoguenov, A.; Haberl, F.; Schrabback, T. +35 more

Context. The eROSITA X-ray telescope on board the Spectrum-Poentgen-Gamma (SPG) observatory combines a large field of view and a large collecting area in the energy range between ~0.2 and ~8.0 keV. This gives the telescope the capability to perform uniform scanning observations of large sky areas.
Aims: SRG/eROSITA performed scanning observat…

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 300
The PHANGS-MUSE survey. Probing the chemo-dynamical evolution of disc galaxies
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141727 Bibcode: 2022A&A...659A.191E

Sandstrom, Karin M.; Henshaw, Jonathan D.; Kruijssen, J. M. Diederik +45 more

We present the PHANGS-MUSE survey, a programme that uses the MUSE integral field spectrograph at the ESO VLT to map 19 massive (9.4 < log(M/M)< 11.0) nearby (D ≲ 20 Mpc) star-forming disc galaxies. The survey consists of 168 MUSE pointings (1' by 1' each) and a total of nearly 15 × 106 spectra, covering ∼1.…

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia eHST 186
Stellar and substellar companions from Gaia EDR3. Proper-motion anomaly and resolved common proper-motion pairs
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202142146 Bibcode: 2022A&A...657A...7K

Thévenin, Frédéric; Kervella, Pierre; Arenou, Frédéric

Context. The multiplicity fraction of stars, down to the substellar regime, is a parameter of fundamental importance for stellar formation, evolution, and planetology. The census of multiple stars in the solar neighborhood is however incomplete.
Aims: Our study is aimed at detecting companions of HIPPARCOS catalog stars from the proper motion…

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia Hipparcos 182
Photo-astrometric distances, extinctions, and astrophysical parameters for Gaia EDR3 stars brighter than G = 18.5
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202142369 Bibcode: 2022A&A...658A..91A

Altamirano, D.; Khan, S.; Guiglion, G. +23 more

We present a catalogue of 362 million stellar parameters, distances, and extinctions derived from Gaia's Early Data Release (EDR3) cross-matched with the photometric catalogues of Pan-STARRS1, SkyMapper, 2MASS, and AllWISE. The higher precision of the Gaia EDR3 data, combined with the broad wavelength coverage of the additional photometric surveys…

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 174
First look with JWST spectroscopy: Resemblance among z ∼ 8 galaxies and local analogs
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202244556 Bibcode: 2022A&A...665L...4S

Schaerer, D.; Marques-Chaves, R.; Brammer, G. +5 more

Deep images and near-IR spectra of galaxies in the field of the lensing cluster SMACS J0723.3−7327 were recently taken as part of the Early Release Observations (EROs) program of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Among these, two NIRSpec spectra of galaxies, at z = 7.7 and at z = 8.5, were obtained, revealing, for the first time, the rest-fra…

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
JWST 157
The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey: Implementation, data products, open cluster survey, science, and legacy
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202243141 Bibcode: 2022A&A...666A.121R

Prusti, T.; Hatzidimitriou, D.; Gilmore, G. +162 more

Context. In the last 15 years different ground-based spectroscopic surveys have been started (and completed) with the general aim of delivering stellar parameters and elemental abundances for large samples of Galactic stars, complementing Gaia astrometry. Among those surveys, the Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey, the only one performed on a 8m…

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 133
Updated Gaia-2MASS 3D maps of Galactic interstellar dust
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202142846 Bibcode: 2022A&A...661A.147L

Babusiaux, C.; Lallement, R.; Cox, N. L. J. +1 more


Aims: Three-dimensional (3D) maps of Galactic interstellar dust are a tool for a wide range of uses. We aim to construct 3D maps of dust extinction in the Local Arm and surrounding regions.
Methods: To do this, Gaia EDR3 photometric data were combined with 2MASS measurements to derive extinction towards stars with accurate photometry and…

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 132
Gaia early DR3 systemic motions of Local Group dwarf galaxies and orbital properties with a massive Large Magellanic Cloud
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141528 Bibcode: 2022A&A...657A..54B

Fritz, T. K.; Battaglia, G.; Taibi, S. +1 more


Aims: We perform a comprehensive determination of the systemic proper motions of 74 dwarf galaxies and dwarf galaxy candidates in the Local Group based on Gaia early data release 3. The outputs of the analysis for each galaxy, including probabilities of membership, will be made publicly available. The analysis is augmented by a determination …

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia eHST 124