Description
Deep B, V time-series photometry obtained with the ESO Very Large Telescope has been used to identify variable stars in the dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 6822. We surveyed a 6.8x6.8 arcmin area of the galaxy and detected a total number of 390 candidate variables with the optimal image subtraction technique (Alard C., 2000A&AS..144..363A). Light curves on a magnitude scale were obtained for 262 of these variables. Differential flux light curve are available for the remaining sample. We were able to determine periods and pulsation characteristics for 69 out of the 262 variables with light curves in magnitude scale, they include: 18 RR Lyrae stars (16 ab-type and 2 c-type), 45 Cepheids and 6 binary systems. We also tentatively calibrated 8 of the 128 objects with light curves on a differential flux scale on the assumption that they are ab-type RR Lyrae stars.
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