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Extreme abundance ratios in the polluted atmosphere of the cool white dwarf NLTT 19868 by Kawka, Adela, Vennes, S.

“…The spectra obtained with X-shooter on the Very Large Telescope-Melipal show strong lines of calcium, and several lines of magnesium, aluminium and iron. …”
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Kinematics of the intermediate-mass black hole candidate HLX-1 by Soria, Roberto, Hau, G., Pakull, M.

“…We studied the optical spectrum of HLX-1 during its latest outburst, using the FORS2 spectrograph on the Very Large Telescope. We detect an Hα emission line centered at λ = 6718.9 ± 0.9 Å and find that its projected radial velocity with respect to the nucleus of ESO 243–49 is 424 ± 27 km s–1, while the maximum rotational velocity of the stars in that galaxy is 209 km s–1. …”
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Constraining the temperature–density relation of the intergalactic medium with the Lyman-alpha and beta forests by Boera, Elisa, Murphy, Michael T., Becker, George D., Bolton, James S.

“…We apply this technique to a sample of 27 high-resolution quasar spectra from the Very Large Telescope. While promising statistical errors on γ appear to be achievable with these spectra, to reach its full potential, the dependence of the curvature ratio on the thermal state of the gas in the foreground Lyman α forest will require further, detailed forward modelling.…”
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The face-on disc of MAXI J1836-194 by Russell, Thomas, Soria, Roberto, Motch, C., Pakull, M., Torres, M., Curran, Peter, Jonker, P., Miller-Jones, James

“…We present Very Large Telescope optical spectra of the black hole candidate X-ray binary MAXI J1836−194 at the onset of its 2011 outburst. …”
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A search for supernova-like optical counterparts to ASKAP-localised fast radio bursts by Marnoch, L., Ryder, S.D., Bannister, K.W., Bhandari, S., Day, C.K., Deller, A.T., Macquart, Jean-Pierre, McDermid, R.M., Xavier Prochaska, J., Qiu, H., Sadler, E.M., Shannon, Ryan, Tejos, N.

“…We obtained two sets of imaging epochs with the Very Large Telescope for three host galaxies, one soon after the burst detection and one several months later. …”
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Infrared interferometry to spatially and spectrally resolve jets in X-ray binaries by Markoff, S., Russell, D.M., Dexter, J., Pfuhl, O., Eisenhauer, F., Abuter, R., Miller-Jones, James, Russell, T.D.

“…We demonstrate that the GRAVITY instrument on the Very Large Telescope Interferometer should be able to detect a centroid shift in a number of sources, opening a new avenue of exploration for the myriad of transients expected to be discovered in the coming decade of radio all-sky surveys. …”
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Late-time Observations of GRB 080319B: Jet Break, Host Galaxy, and Accompanying Supernova by Tanvir, N., Rol, E., Levan, A., Svensson, K., Fruchter, A., Granot, J., O’Brien, P., Wiersema, K., Starling, R., Jakobsson, P., Fynbo, J., Hjorth, J., Curran, Peter, van der Horst, A., Kouveliotou, C., Racusin, J., Burrows, D., Genet, F.

“…We present our late-time optical (HubbleSpace Telescope, Gemini, and Very Large Telescope) and X-ray (Chandra) observations, which confirm that anachromatic break occurred in the power-law afterglow light curve at~ 11 days post-burst. …”
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Optical counterpart of HLX-1 during the 2010 outburst by Soria, Roberto, Hakala, P., Hau, G., Gladstone, J., Kong, A.

“…We used a set of Very Large Telescope imaging observations from 2010 November, integrated by Swift X-ray data from the same epoch. …”
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A newly discovered double-double candidate microquasar in NGC 300 by Urquhart, R., Soria, R., Pakull, M., Miller-Jones, James, Anderson, Gemma, Plotkin, R., Motch, C., Maccarone, T., McLeod, A., Scaringi, S.

“…Cooler shock-heated gas is likely the origin also of the optical bubble and lobes near the X-ray structure, detected in images from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Very Large Telescope. In the radio bands, we observed the region with the Australia Telescope Compact Array, and discovered an elongated radio nebula (about 170 × 55 pc in size) with its major axis aligned with the chain of Chandra sources. …”
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Combined analysis of Hubble and VLT photometry of the intermediate mass black hole ESO 243-49 HLX-1 by Soria, Roberto

“…In this paper, we present a combined analysis of data obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), Very Large Telescope (VLT) and Swift X-ray telescope of the intermediate-mass black hole ESO 243−49 HLX-1 that were taken two months apart between 2010 September and November. …”
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MEASUREMENTS of the SUNYAEV-ZEL'DOVICH EFFECT in MACS J0647.7+7015 and MACS J1206.2-0847 at HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTION with MUSTANG by Young, A., Mroczkowski, T., Romero, C., Sayers, J., Balestra, I., Clarke, T., Czakon, N., Devlin, M., Dicker, S., Ferrari, C., Girardi, M., Golwala, S., Intema, Hubertus, Korngut, P., Mason, B., Mercurio, A., Nonino, M., Reese, E., Rosati, P., Sarazin, C., Umetsu, K.

“…In addition, we find a significant (>3s) residual SZE feature in MACS J1206.2-0847 coincident with a group of galaxies identified in Very Large Telescope data and filamentary structure found in a weak-lensing mass reconstruction. …”
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Discovery of the nearby long, soft GRB100316D with an associated supernova by Starling, R., Wiersema, K., Levan, A., Sakamoto, T., Bersier, D., Goldoni, P., Oates, S., Rowlinson, A., Campana, S., Sollerman, J., Tanvir, N., Malesani, D., Fynbo, J., Covino, S., D'Avanzo, P., O'Brien, P., Page, K., Osborne, J., Vergani, S., Barthelmy, S., Burrows, D., Cano, Z., Curran, Peter, De Pasqualea, M., D'Elia, V., Evans, P., Flores, H., Fruchter, A., Garnavich, P., Gehrels, N., Gorosabel, J., Hjorth, J., Holland, S., van der Horst, A., Hurkett, C., Jakobsson, P., Kamble, A., Kouveliotou, C., Kuin, N., Kaper, L., Mazzali, P., Nugent, P., Pian, E., Stamatikos, M., Thöne, C., Woosley, S.

“…The host is a bright, blue galaxy with a highly disturbed morphology and we use Gemini-South, Very Large Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope observations to measure some of the basic host galaxy properties. …”
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G0.253 + 0.016: A molecular cloud progenitor of an Arches-like cluster by Longmore, S., Rathborne, J., Bastian, N., Alves, J., Ascenso, J., Bally, J., Testi, L., Longmore, A., Battersby, C., Bressert, E., Purcell, C., Walsh, Andrew, Jackson, J., Foster, J., Molinari, S., Meingast, S., Amorim, A., Lima, J., Marques, R., Moitinho, A., Pinhao, J., Rebordao, J., Santos, F.

“…G0.253 + 0.016 is an excellent candidateYMCprogenitor.We make use of existing multi-wavelength data including recently available far-IR continuum (Herschel/Herschel Infrared Galactic Plane Survey) and mm spectral line (H2O Southern Galactic Plane Survey and Millimetre Astronomy Legacy Team90 GHz Survey) data and present new, deep, multiple-filter, near-IR (Very Large Telescope/NACO) observations to study G0.253 + 0.016. …”
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Measuring fundamental jet properties with multiwavelength fast timing of the black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1820+070 by Tetarenko, A.J., Casella, P., Miller-Jones, James, Sivakoff, G.R., Paice, J.A., Vincentelli, F.M., Maccarone, T.J., Gandhi, P., Dhillon, V.S., Marsh, T.R., Russell, T.D., Uttley, P.

“…Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), Atacama Large Millimeter/Sub-Millimeter Array (ALMA), Very Large Telescope (VLT), New Technology Telescope (NTT), Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), and XMM-Newton. …”
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The EDIBLES survey III. C2-DIBs and their profiles by Elyajouri, Meriem, Lallement, Rosine, Cox, N.L.J., Cami, J., Cordiner, M.A., Smoker, J.V., Fahrang, A., Sarre, Peter, Linnartz, H.

“…Spectra from the ESO Diffuse Interstellar Bands Large Exploration Survey (EDIBLES) conducted at the Very Large Telescope (ESO/Paranal) were explored to identify single-cloud and high C2 column sightlines, extract the corresponding C2-DIBs and study their strengths and profiles, and to investigate in detail any sub-structures. …”
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The ESO Diffuse Interstellar Bands Large Exploration Survey EDIBLES: I. Project description, survey sample and quality assessment by Cox, Nick L.J., Cami, Jan, Farhang, Amin, Smoker, Jonathan, Monreal-Ibero, Ana, Lallement, Rosine, Sarre, Peter J, Marshall, Charlotte C.M., Smith, Keith T., Evans, Christopher J., Royer, Pierre, Linnartz, Harold, Cordiner, Martin A., Joblin, Christine, van Loon, Jacco Th., Foing, Bernard H., Bhatt, Neil H., Bron, Emeric, Elyajouri, Meriem, de Koter, Alex, Ehrenfreund, Pascale, Javadi, Atefeh, Kaper, Lex, Khosroshadi, Habib G, Laverick, Mike, Le Petit, Franck, Mulas, Giacomo, Roueff, Evelyne, Salama, Farid, Spaans, Marco

“…EDIBLES is a filler Large Programme using the Ultraviolet and Visual Echelle Spectrograph at the Very Large Telescope at Paranal, Chile. It is designed to provide an observationally unbiased view of the presence and behaviour of the DIBs towards early-spectraltype stars whose lines-of-sight probe the diffuse-to-translucent ISM. …”
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The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey by McLure, R.J., Pentericci, L., Cimatti, A., Dunlop, J.S., Elbaz, D., Fontana, A., Nandra, K., Amorin, R., Bolzonella, M., Bongiorno, A., Carnall, A.C., Castellano, M., Cirasuolo, M., Cucciati, O., Cullen, F., De Barros, S., Finkelstein, S.L., Fontanot, F., Franzetti, P., Fumana, M., Gargiulo, A., Garilli, B., Guaita, L., Hartley, W.G., Iovino, A., Jarvis, M.J., Juneau, S., Karman, W., Maccagni, D., Marchi, F., Mármol-Queraltó, E., Pompei, E., Pozzetti, L., Scodeggio, M., Sommariva, V., Talia, M., Almaini, O., Balestra, I., Bardelli, S., Bell, E.F., Bourne, N., Bowler, R.A.A., Brusa, M., Buitrago, F., Caputi, K.I., Cassata, P., Charlot, S., Citro, A., Cresci, G., Cristiani, S., Curtis-Lake, E., Dickinson, M., Fazio, G.G., Ferguson, H.C., Fiore, F., Franco, M., Fynbo, J P U, Galametz, A., Georgakakis, A., Giavalisco, M., Grazian, A., Hathi, N.P., Jung, I., Kim, S., Koekemoer, A.M., Khusanova, Y., Le Fèvre, O., Lotz, J.M., Mannucci, F., Maltby, D.T., Matsuoka, K., McLeod, D.J., Mendez-Hernandez, H., Mendez-Abreu, J., Mignoli, M., Moresco, M., Mortlock, A., Nonino, M., Pannella, M., Papovich, C., Popesso, P., Rosario, D.P., Salvato, M., Santini, P., Schaerer, D., Schreiber, C., Stark, D.P., Tasca, L.A.M., Thomas, R., Treu, T., Vanzella, E., Wild, V., Williams, C.C., Zamorani, G., Zucca, E.

“…VANDELS is a uniquely deep spectroscopic survey of high-redshift galaxies with the VIMOS spectrograph on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). The survey has obtained ultradeep optical (0.48 < λ < 1.0 μm) spectroscopy of ≃2100 galaxies within the redshift interval 1.0 ≤ z ≤ 7.0, over a total area of ≃0.2 deg2 centred on the CANDELS Ultra Deep Survey and Chandra Deep Field South fields. …”
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