- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/696/870
- Title:
- Catalina Real-time Transient Survey (CRTS)
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/696/870
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report on the results from the first six months of the Catalina Real-Time Transient Survey (CRTS). In order to search for optical transients (OTs) with timescales of minutes to years, the CRTS analyses data from the Catalina Sky Survey which repeatedly covers 26000 of square degrees on the sky. The CRTS provides a public stream of transients that are bright enough to be followed up using small telescopes. Since the beginning of the survey, all CRTS transients have been made available to astronomers around the world in real time using HTML tables, RSS feeds, and VOEvents. As part of our public outreach program, the detections are now also available in Keyhole Markup Language through Google Sky. The initial discoveries include over 350 unique OTs rising more than 2mag from past measurements. Sixty two of these are classified as supernovae (SNe), based on light curves, prior deep imaging and spectroscopic data. Seventy seven are due to cataclysmic variables (CVs; only 13 previously known), while an additional 100 transients were too infrequently sampled to distinguish between faint CVs and SNe. The remaining OTs include active galactic nucleus, blazars, high-proper-motions stars, highly variable stars (such as UV Ceti stars), and transients of an unknown nature.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/213/9
- Title:
- Catalina Surveys periodic variable stars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/213/9
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present ~47000 periodic variables found during the analysis of 5.4 million variable star candidates within a 20000deg^2^ region covered by the Catalina Surveys Data Release-1 (CSDR1). Combining these variables with type ab RR Lyrae from our previous work, we produce an online catalog containing periods, amplitudes, and classifications for ~61000 periodic variables. By cross-matching these variables with those from prior surveys, we find that >90% of the ~8000 known periodic variables in the survey region are recovered. For these sources, we find excellent agreement between our catalog and prior values of luminosity, period, and amplitude as well as classification. We investigate the rate of confusion between objects classified as contact binaries and type c RR Lyrae (RRc's) based on periods, colors, amplitudes, metallicities, radial velocities, and surface gravities. We find that no more than a few percent of the variables in these classes are misidentified. By deriving distances for this clean sample of ~5500 RRc's, we trace the path of the Sagittarius tidal streams within the Galactic halo. Selecting 146 outer-halo RRc's with SDSS radial velocities, we confirm the presence of a coherent halo structure that is inconsistent with current N-body simulations of the Sagittarius tidal stream. We also find numerous long-period variables that are very likely associated within the Sagittarius tidal stream system. Based on the examination of 31000 contact binary light curves we find evidence for two subgroups exhibiting irregular light curves. One subgroup presents significant variations in mean brightness that are likely due to chromospheric activity. The other subgroup shows stable modulations over more than a thousand days and thereby provides evidence that the O'Connell effect is not due to stellar spots.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/V/94
- Title:
- Catalog and Atlas of Cataclysmic Variables
- Short Name:
- V/94
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This catalog contains data for 1020 cataclysmic variables (CVs). It includes coordinates measured in the reference frame of the Hubble Space Telescope Guide Star Survey for non-novae and from the literature for novae. Also given are the variability type, the magnitude range, references to finding charts and spectroscopy, the galactic latitude and longitude, and the year of outburst for novae. The second edition includes plate identification information for the coordinate measurements, a reference to the classification, proper motion information where appropriate and a table showing the CVs observed by space-based observatories. This version of the catalog includes 195 new objects (172 CVs and 23 non-CVs), revised identifications for 57 objects, and revised classifications and spectral references where available.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AcA/64/359
- Title:
- Catalog of binary UV Ceti stars
- Short Name:
- J/AcA/64/359
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A catalogue of nearby UV Ceti type flare stars in (137) visual binary systems is presented in the form of two separate tables of information. The catalogue has developed from Catalogue and Bibliography of UV Cet stars (Gershberg et al., 1999, Cat. J/A+AS/139/555) and the list of nearby flare stars (Pettersen, 1991MmSAI..62..217P) by including more recent and additional information from catalogues of binary stars (WDS, Mason et al., 2001-2014, Cat. B/wds; ORB6, Hartkopf et al. 2006-2014; DM3, Mason+ 2006-2014) and data from the Catalog of Nearby Stars, Preliminary 3rd Version (Gliese et al., 1991, Cat. V/70), from Hipparcos, the New Reduction (van Leeuwen 2007, Cat. I/311) and from SIMBAD. Some issues relating to the mass, luminosity and spectrum relations of flare stars are also discussed.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/V/110
- Title:
- Catalog of Cataclysmic Variables
- Short Name:
- V/110
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Catalog and Atlas of Cataclysmic Variables (Edition 1: Downes & Shara; Edition 2: Downes, Webbink, & Shara) has been a valuable source of information for the cataclysmic variable community. However, the goal of having a central location for all objects is slowly being lost as each new edition is generated. There can also be a long time delay between new information becoming available on an object and its publication in the catalog. To eliminate these concerns, as well as to make the catalog more accessible, we have created a Web site which will contain a "living" edition of the catalog. We have also added orbital period information, as well as finding charts for novae, to the catalog. This catalogue supersedes the previous versions of 1997 (Cat. <V/94>) and 1993 (Cat. <V/79>)
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/V/123A
- Title:
- Catalog of Cataclysmic Variables
- Short Name:
- V/123A
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Catalog and Atlas of Cataclysmic Variables (Edition 1: Downes & Shara; Edition 2: Downes, Webbink, & Shara) has been a valuable source of information for the cataclysmic variable community. However, the goal of having a central location for all objects is slowly being lost as each new edition is generated. There can also be a long time delay between new information becoming available on an object and its publication in the catalog. To eliminate these concerns, as well as to make the catalog more accessible, we have created a Web site which will contain a "living" edition of the catalog. We have also added orbital period information, as well as finding charts for novae, to the catalog. This catalogue supersedes the previous versions of 1997 (Cat. <V/94>) and 1993 (Cat. <V/79>). This version is dated February 2006, and supersedes the 2001 version (Cat. <V/110>)
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/158/193
- Title:
- Catalog of Galactic {beta} Cephei stars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/158/193
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present an extensive and up-to-date catalog of Galactic {beta} Cephei stars. This catalog is intended to give a comprehensive overview of observational characteristics of all known {beta} Cephei stars, covering information until 2004 June. Ninety-three stars could be confirmed to be {beta} Cephei stars. We use data from more than 250 papers published over the last nearly 100 years, and we provide over 45 notes on individual stars. For some stars we reanalyzed published data or conducted our own analyses. Sixty-one stars were rejected from the final {beta} Cephei list, and 77 stars are suspected to be {beta} Cephei stars. A list of critically selected pulsation frequencies for confirmed {beta} Cephei stars is also presented.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/232/26
- Title:
- Catalog of Kepler flare stars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/232/26
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We aim to perform a statistical study of stellar flares observed by Kepler. We want to study the flare amplitude, duration, energy, and occurrence rates, and how they are related to the spectral type and rotation period. To that end, we have developed an automated flare detection and characterization algorithm. We have harvested the stellar parameters from the Kepler input catalog and the rotation periods from McQuillan et al. (2014, Cat. J/ApJS/211/24). We find several new candidate A stars showing flaring activity. Moreover, we find 653 giants with flares. From the statistical distribution of flare properties, we find that the flare amplitude distribution has a similar behavior between F+G types and K+M types. The flare duration and flare energy seem to be grouped between G+K+M types versus F types and giants. We also detect a tail of stars with high flare occurrence rates across all spectral types (but most prominent in the late spectral types), and this is compatible with the existence of "flare stars." Finally, we have found a strong correlation of the flare occurrence rate and the flare amplitude with the stellar rotation period: a quickly rotating star is more likely to flare often and has a higher chance of generating large flares.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/A+AT/23.213
- Title:
- Catalog of massive close binaries
- Short Name:
- J/other/A+AT/23.
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This catalogue contains compilations of observable data for 176 massive close binaries with components earlier than approximately B5 of the main sequence are presented.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/139/555
- Title:
- Catalogue and Bibliography of UV Cet stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/139/555
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This new catalogue of flare stars includes 463 objects. It contains astrometric, spectral and photometric data as well as information on the infrared, radio and X-ray properties and general stellar parameters. From the total reference list of about 3400 articles, partial lists selected by objects, authors, key words and by any pairs of these criteria can be obtained.
