- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/549/A86
- Title:
- Period change for 143 SuperWASP eclipsing binaries
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/549/A86
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Building on previous work, a new search of the SuperWASP archive was carried out to identify eclipsing binary systems near the short-period limit. 143 candidate objects were detected with orbital periods between 16000 and 20000s, of which 97 are new discoveries. Period changes significant at 1{sigma} or more were detected in 74 of these objects, and in 38 the changes were significant at 3{sigma} or more. The significant period changes observed followed an approximately normal distribution with a half-width at half-maximum of ~0.1s/yr. There was no apparent relationship between period length and magnitude or direction of period change. Amongst several interesting individual objects studied, 1SWASP J093010.78+533859.5 is presented as a new doubly eclipsing quadruple system, consisting of a contact binary with a 19674.575s period and an Algol-type binary with a 112799.109s period, separated by 66.1AU, being the sixth known system of this type.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/578/A136
- Title:
- Period changes in SuperWASP eclipsing binaries
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/578/A136
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Orbital period changes of binary stars may be caused by the presence of a third massive body in the system. Here we have searched the archive of the Wide Angle Search for Planets (SuperWASP) project for evidence of period variations in 13927 eclipsing binary candidates. Sinusoidal period changes, strongly suggestive of third bodies, were detected in 2% of cases; however, linear period changes were observed in a further 22% of systems. We argue on distributional grounds that the majority of these apparently linear changes are likely to reflect longer-term sinusoidal period variations caused by third bodies, and thus estimate a higher-order multiplicity fraction of 24% for SuperWASP binaries, in good agreement with other recent figures for the fraction of triple systems amongst binary stars in general.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASP/121/1188
- Title:
- Periodic variables in NGC 2301
- Short Name:
- J/PASP/121/1188
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a search for periodic variables within 4078 time-series light curves and an analysis of the period-color plane for stars in the field of the open cluster NGC 2301. One hundred thirty-eight periodic variables were discovered, of which five are eclipsing binary candidates with unequal minima. The remaining 133 periodic variables appear to consist mainly of late-type stars whose variation is due to rotation modulated by star spot activity. The determined periods range from less than a day to over 14 days and have nearly unreddened B-R colors in the range of 0.8 to 2.8. The Barnes (2003ApJ...586..464B) interpretation of the period-color plane of late type stars is tested with our data. Our data did not show distinct I and C sequences, likely due to nonmember field stars contaminating in the background, as we estimate the total contamination to be 43%. Using different assumptions, the gyrochronological age of the cluster is calculated to be 210+/-25Myr, which falls in the range of age values (164-250Myr) determined by previous studies. Finally, we present evidence which nullifies the earlier suggestion that two of the variable stars in NGC 2301 might be white dwarfs.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/554/A108
- Title:
- Periodic variables in NGC 3766
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/554/A108
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We analyze the population of periodic variable stars in the open cluster NGC3766 based on a 7-year multiband monitoring campaign conducted on the 1.2m Swiss Euler telescope at La Silla, Chili. The data reduction, light curve cleaning, and period search procedures, combined with the long observation time line, allowed us to detect variability amplitudes down to the mmag level. The variability properties were complemented with the positions in the color-magnitude and color-color diagrams to classify periodic variable stars into distinct variability types. We find a large population (36 stars) of new variable stars between the red edge of slowly pulsating B (SPB) stars and the blue edge of delta Sct stars, a region in the Hertzsprung-Russell (HR) diagram where no pulsation is predicted to occur based on standard stellar models. The bulk of their periods ranges from 0.1 to 0.7d, with amplitudes between 1 and 4mmag for the majority of them. About 20% of stars in that region of the HR diagram are found to be variable, but the number of members of this new group is expected to be higher, with amplitudes below our mmag detection limit. The properties of this new group of variable stars are summarized and arguments set forth in favor of a pulsation origin of the variability, with g-modes sustained by stellar rotation. Potential members of this new class of low-amplitude periodic (most probably pulsating) A and late-B variables in the literature are discussed. We additionally identify 16 eclipsing binary, 13 SPB, 14 delta Sct, and 12 gamma Dor candidates, as well as 72 fainter periodic variables. All are new discoveries. We encourage searching for this new class of variables in other young open clusters, especially in those hosting a rich population of Be stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/122/409
- Title:
- Photometric catalogue of Coma
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/122/409
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a CCD catalogue of 7023 galaxies and 4096 stars in the region of the Coma cluster containing positions, central surface brightnesses and V magnitudes (isophote 26.5). We estimate that data is complete up to isophotal V magnitude 22.5 and the surface brightness limiting detection value is approximately 24 mag/arcsec2.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASP/106/281
- Title:
- Photometry and radial velocities in NGC752
- Short Name:
- J/PASP/106/281
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using all available proper-motion and radial-velocity data, including new radial-velocity observations obtained for this investigation, probable members of the open cluster NGC 752 have been identified. Photoelectric data on six systems have been transformed and collated to form an internally consistent sample on the BV system. Binaries have been identified using photometric and radial-velocity data, including a photographic survey for variability and the radial-velocity observations of this study. Analysis of the data leads to the following cluster parameters and their probable errors: E(B-V) = 0.035+/-0.005mag, Fe/H = -0.15+/-0.05dex, and (m-M) = 8.25+/-0.10mag. The spread in color among stars in the color-magnitude diagram (CMD) along the main sequence from the turnoff to the unevolved main sequence is the consequence of a rich population of binaries. Due to its age and the comprehensive data available for the cluster, NGC 752 provides an ideal test of a variety of evolutionary phenomena. Comparison with theoretical isochrones normalized in an internally consistent manner leads to the conclusion that the morphology and distribution of stars in the CMD can best be matched using models that include convective overshoot, particularly those of Schaller et al. (1992A&AS...96..269S). Despite their differences, the traditional and the overshoot isochrones both imply very similar ages, 1.9+/-0.2Gyr and 1.7+/-0.1Gyr, respectively, for the cluster.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/147/7
- Title:
- Photometry and spectroscopy of NGC 6520
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/147/7
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We use CCD and photoelectric photometry with Stromgren filters along with medium resolution spectra to investigate NGC 6520, an open cluster very nearly in the direction of the galactic center. We find an age of 60Myr, a distance of 2kpc, and an average reddening E(b-y)=0.295, which increases toward the south. The average heliocentric radial velocity of the B stars is -29km/s, while the velocity of the nearby Barnard 86 is about 0 (heliocentric; -11km/s compared to the LSR). This velocity difference amounts to about 1.8kpc since the cluster formed, implying that it is extremely doubtful NGC6520 is related to Barnard 86.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/101/1699
- Title:
- Photometry in globular cluster NGC 6229
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/101/1699
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present CCD-based BV photometry for over 1100 stars in and around the globular cluster NGC 6229. For the first time, the cluster's entire giant branch and its horizontal branch are delineated, from which metallicity ([Fe/H]~-1.4) and distance (d__{sun}_~28kpc; d_GC_~27kpc) estimates ensue. NGC 6229 is found to have a relatively blue horizontal branch for its intermediate metallicity, which is unusual for an outer halo cluster. Its low R value (defined as N_HB_/N_RG_) hints that the blue color of its horizontal branch is due to a lower than average helium abundance. Three possible new variable stars are identified, including one RR Lyrae and two long-period variables. We present a brief review of our knowledge of basic data for the 13 globular clusters lying more than 24 kpc from the Galactic center. The unusually red horizontal branch phenomenon is common only among the outermost clusters. An average R value for these clusters suggests the effect is not caused by an overabundance of helium. The Oosterhoff dichotomy apparently persists into the outer halo, although the number of clusters with RR Lyrae variables is small.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/130/1640
- Title:
- Photometry of candidate RR Lyrae stars in the SDSS
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/130/1640
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present unfiltered CCD photometry of a sample of 71 candidate RR Lyrae stars during 2003 and 2004, out of 148 candidate stars that were selected from Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) commissioning data by Ivezic and coworkers (2000AJ....120..963I). We obtain light curves of 69 candidate stars and present a catalog of their positions, amplitudes, periods, types, and mean magnitudes. We confirm that the 69 stars are true RR Lyrae variables based on periods and light curves, for the first time for 41 of them. We identify 57 type ab, 11 type c, and 1 type d (double-mode) in our sample. The double-mode RR Lyrae star shows properties similar to globular cluster stars and are unlike field stars of the Galactic halo in the Petersen diagram.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/RMxAA/53.235
- Title:
- Photometry of 6 deep-contact W UMa
- Short Name:
- J/other/RMxAA/53
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Photometric observations in Sloan g' and i' bands of W UMa binaries V0637 Peg, V0473 Cam, CSS J153314.8+560527, CSS J075258.0+382035, V0416 Gem and NSVS 6859986 are presented. Their periods are in the range of 0.26-0.43d. The light curve solutions revealed that the components of each target are almost equal in temperature. The stellar components are of G and K spectral types and undergo total eclipses. All targets have deep-contact configurations with fillout factor f>=0.5. NSVS 6859986 has one o f the biggest value determined until now, f=0.84. We studied the empirical dependencies of fillout factor on the stellar parameters (temperature, period, mass ratio, relative component radii, and luminosity ratio) for a sample of around thirty stars. They are consistent with the theoretical predictions but there are deviations from the common trends.
