VPHAS+: The VST/OmegaCam Photometric H伪 Survey of the Southern Galactic Plane and Bulge

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Lombardi</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="item"> <img src="/web/20220810052923im_/http://www.vphasplus.org/assets/images/carousel-lagoon.jpg" alt="VPHAS+" class="img-responsive"> <div class="container"> <div class="carousel-caption"> <h1>News: Data Release 1</h1> <p class="lead"> <a class="btn btn-primary pull-right" href="data.shtml">Read about data access »</a> The first public data release, providing reduced images and single-band source lists from the first 9 months of data-taking, has been made available to the public. </p> </div> </div> <div class="carousel-credit"> <p>Image: Lagoon Nebula (ESO/VPHAS+)</p> </div> </div> <div class="item"> <img src="/web/20220810052923im_/http://www.vphasplus.org/assets/images/carousel-westerlund1.jpg" alt="Westerlund 1 in VPHAS+" class="img-responsive"> <div class="container"> <div class="carousel-caption"> <h1>News: the ionized nebula surrounding the red supergiant W26</h1> <p class="lead"> <a class="btn btn-primary pull-right" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220810052923/http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014MNRAS.437L...1W">Read the paper on ADS »</a> Early VPHAS+ data has unveiled an ionized nebula around a red supergiant in the massive star cluster Westerlund 1. The object is discussed in Wright et al. 2014 (MNRAS). </p> </div> </div> <div class="carousel-credit"> <p>Image: Westerlund 1 (VPHAS+/N. Wright)</p> </div> </div> </div> <a class="left carousel-control" href="#myCarousel" data-slide="prev"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-left"></span></a> <a class="right carousel-control" href="#myCarousel" data-slide="next"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-right"></span></a> </div>  <div class="row visible-xs"> <div class="col-xs-12" style="padding-top: 30px; padding-bottom: 10px;"> The VST/Omegacam Photometric H伪 Survey (VPHAS) is imaging the entire Southern Milky Way in visible light at ~1 arcsec angular resolution down to >20th magnitude using the VLT Survey Telescope in Chile. </div> </div> <div class="row about"> <div class="col-sm-4"> <a class="about" href="survey.shtml"><i class="icon-info-sign"></i> Survey</a> <p>VPHAS+ uses VST/OmegaCAM to survey the Southern Galactic Plane and Bulge in u, g, r, i, H伪 down to >20th magnitude.</p> <p><a class="btn btn-default" href="survey.shtml">More »</a></p> </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <a class="about" href="science.shtml"><i class="icon-beaker"></i> Science</a> <p>Our photometry allows a range of rare and short-lived object types to be discovered and characterised.</p> <p><a class="btn btn-default" href="science.shtml">More »</a></p> </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <a class="about" href="data.shtml"><i class="icon-download-alt"></i> Data</a> <p>VPHAS+ is an ESO Public Survey which provides public data releases.</p> <p><a class="btn btn-default" href="data.shtml">More »</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="row about"> <div class="col-sm-4"> <a class="about" href="gallery.shtml"><i class="icon-film"></i> Gallery</a> <p>Our images can be used to construct wide-area mosaics of star-forming regions and extended objects.</p> <p><a class="btn btn-default" href="gallery.shtml">More »</a></p> </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <a class="about" href="publications.shtml"><i class="icon-book"></i> Publications</a> <p>An overview of VPHAS+ documentation and publications in the literature.</p> <p><a class="btn btn-default" href="publications.shtml">More »</a></p> </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <a class="about" href="people.shtml"><i class="icon-group"></i> People</a> <p>VPHAS+ is an international collaboration, centred on, but certainly not limited to Europe.</p> <p><a class="btn btn-default" href="people.shtml">More »</a></p> </div> </div>  </div>  <footer class="footer"> <div class="container"> <p> VPHAS+ is an <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220810052923/http://www.eso.org/sci/observing/PublicSurveys/sciencePublicSurveys.html">ESO Public Survey</a> using <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220810052923/http://www.astro-wise.org/~omegacam">OmegaCAM</a> on the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220810052923/http://vstportal.oacn.inaf.it/">VLT Survey Telescope</a>. 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