- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/155/91
- Title:
- Be stars in open clusters with PTF/iPTF. I.
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/155/91
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We conducted a search for Be star candidates in open clusters using H{alpha} imaging photometry of the Palomar Transient Factory Survey to investigate some connections among Be star phenomena, cluster environments, and ages. Stellar members of clusters were identified by spatial distributions, near-infrared magnitudes and colors, and by proper motions. Among 104 open clusters, we identified 96 Be star candidates in 32 clusters; 11 of our candidates have been reported in previous studies. We found that the clusters with age 7.5<log(t(year))=<8.5 tend to have more Be star candidates; there is about a 40% occurrence rate within this age bin. The clusters in this age bin also tend to have a higher Be fraction N(Be)/N(Be+B-type). These results suggest that the environments of young and intermediate clusters are favorable to the formation of Be phenomena. Spatial distribution of Be star candidates with different ages implies that they do not form preferentially in the central regions. Furthermore, we showed that the mid-infrared (MIR) colors of the Be star candidates are similar to known Be stars, which could be caused by free-free emission or bound-free emission. Some Be star candidates might have no circumstellar dust according to their MIR colors. Finally, among 96 Be candidates, we discovered that one Be star candidate FSR 0904-1 exhibits long-term variability on the timescale of ~2000 days with an amplitude of 0.2-0.3 mag, indicating a long timescale of disk evolution.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/561/A8
- Title:
- Binary central stars of SMC PNe
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/561/A8
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE), originally designed to search for microlensing events, provides a rich and uniform data set suitable for studying the variability of certain types of objects. We used the OGLE data to study the photometry of central stars of planetary nebulae (PNe) in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). In particular, we searched for close binary central stars with the aim to constrain the binary fraction and period distribution in the SMC. We also searched for PNe mimics and removed them from the PNe sample. We identified 52 counterparts of PNe in the SMC in the I-band images from the OGLE-II and OGLE-III surveys. We analysed the time-series photometry of the PNe. Spectra of the photometric variables were obtained to constrain the nature of the objects or search for additional evidence for binarity. Eight variables were found. Of these, seven objects are PNe mimics, including one symbiotic star candidate. One close binary central star of PN with a period of 1.15 or 2.31 day was discovered. The obtained binary fraction for the SMC PNe and the observational biases are discussed in terms of the OGLE observations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/361/1055
- Title:
- BVI photometry of LMC Be stars
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/361/1055
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a catalogue with coordinates and photometric data of 2446 Be star candidates in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), based on a search of the OGLE II data base. The I-band light curves of these stars show outbursts in 24% of the sample (Type-1 stars), high and low states in 10%, periodic variations in 6% (Type-3 stars), and stochastic variations in 60% of the cases. We report on the result of the statistical study of light curves of Type-1 and Type-3 stars in the LMC, and the comparison with the previously reported results of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) sample.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/652/458
- Title:
- BVRH{alpha} photometry of candidates Be stars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/652/458
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present B, V, R, and H{alpha} photometry of eight clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud, five in the Large Magellanic Cloud, and three Galactic clusters and use two-color diagrams (2-CDs) to identify candidate Be star populations in these clusters. We find evidence that the Be phenomenon is enhanced in low-metallicity environments, based on the observed fractional early-type candidate Be star content of clusters of age 10-25Myr.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/376/144
- Title:
- BV(RI)_C_H{alpha} photometry of NGC 663
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/376/144
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present new BV(RI)_C_H{alpha} photometry of the young open cluster NGC 663. The H{alpha} photometry is complete down to magnitude R_C_=15.4, corresponding to spectral type A5 for the cluster members. This allows detection of mild and strong H{alpha} emission in all B-type stars in the cluster. In addition to the 22 Be stars known in the observed field of NGC 663, we discovered four new faint stars of this type. We find that Be stars in NGC 663 cover the whole range of the B spectral type. They are, however, most populous among stars with spectral types falling in the range between B0 and B3, where their fraction amounts to 31+/-8%. Among B-type stars later than B3, Be stars are much less abundant: only 7 out of 101 observed stars, that is, 7+/-3%, were detected. About 70% of the observed Be stars in NGC 663 show detectable variations of light. In the time interval covered by our observations, the ranges of the largest variations reach 0.4mag in the I_C_ band. By means of the isochrone fitting, we derived the cluster distance of 2.1kpc, age of 20-25Myr, and the mean colour excess E(R-I)_C_=0.54mag, with a ~0.1mag scatter due to differential reddening.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/161/118
- Title:
- byH{alpha} photometry in open clusters
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/161/118
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Be stars are a class of rapidly rotating B stars with circumstellar disks that cause Balmer and other line emission. There are three possible reasons for the rapid rotation of Be stars: they may have been born as rapid rotators, spun up by binary mass transfer, or spun up during the main-sequence (MS) evolution of B stars. To test the various formation scenarios, we have conducted a photometric survey of 55 open clusters in the southern sky. Of these, five clusters are probably not physically associated groups and our results for two other clusters are not reliable, but we identify 52 definite Be stars and an additional 129 Be candidates in the remaining clusters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/622/1052
- Title:
- byH{alpha} photometry of NGC 3766
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/622/1052
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We describe a technique to identify Be stars in open clusters using Stroemgren b, y, and narrowband H{alpha} photometry. We first identify the B-type stars of the cluster using a theoretical isochrone fit to the (b-y, y) color-magnitude diagram. The strongest Be stars are easily identified in a (b-y, y-H{alpha}) color-color diagram, but those with weaker H{alpha} emission (classified as possible Be star detections) may be confused with evolved or foreground stars. Here we present such photometry plus H{alpha} spectroscopy of members of the cluster NGC 3766 to demonstrate the accuracy of our technique.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/421/3622
- Title:
- Candidate Be stars in the Magellanic Clouds
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/421/3622
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Mennickent et al. (2002A&A...393..887M) and Sabogal et al. (2005, Cat. J/MNRAS/361/1055) identified a large number of classical Be (CBe) candidates (~3500) in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC and SMC) based on their photometric variability using the OGLE II data base (Udalski et al., 1998, Cat. J/AcA/48/147; 2000, Cat. J/AcA/50/307). They classified these stars into four different groups based on the appearance of their variability. In order to refine and understand the nature of this large number of stars, we studied the infrared properties of the sample and the spectroscopic properties of a subsample. We cross-correlated the optical sample with the IRSF-MCPS catalogue to obtain the J, H, Ks magnitudes of all the four types of stars (~2500) in the LMC and SMC. Spectra of 120 stars belonging to the types 1, 2 and 3 were analysed to study their spectral properties.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/III/67A
- Title:
- Catalogue of Be stars
- Short Name:
- III/67A
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This catalogue is a compilation of data concerning Be-type stars. Please refer to the document files by Anne C. Raugh for more details about the electronic version; note however that the two files described there ("Catalog" and "Additional Info.") have been merged here into a single file.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/III/17B
- Title:
- Early-Type Emission-Line Stars
- Short Name:
- III/17B
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The catalog contains 5326 early-type emission-line stars. Of these, 1424 have no spectral classification but are assumed to be of early type. Some 71 percent of the stars listed here can also be found in the Mount Wilson and the Mount Wilson-Michigan survey catalogs. The catalog contains numerous cross identifications to other designations (name, HD, DM, LS, MWC, TON, HIL, WRA, HEN, etc.), spectroscopic type, magnitudes (visual and blue), equatorial (B1900 and B1950), and galactic coordinates.
