- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/413/1275
- Title:
- VrI light curves of NGC6981 variables
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/413/1275
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results from 10 nights of observations of the globular cluster NGC 6981 (M72) in the V, R and I Johnson wavebands. We employed the technique of difference image analysis to perform precision differential photometry on the time-series images, which enabled us to carry out a census of the understudied variable star population of the cluster. We show that 20 suspected variables in the literature are actually non-variable, and we confirm the variable nature of another 29 variables while refining their ephemerides. We also detect 11 new RR Lyrae variables and three new SX Phe variables, bringing the total confirmed variable star count in NGC 6981 to 43. We performed Fourier decomposition of the light curves for a subset of RR Lyrae stars and used the Fourier parameters to estimate the fundamental physical parameters of the stars using relations available in the literature. Mean values of these physical parameters have allowed us to estimate the physical parameters of the parent cluster. We derive a metallicity of [Fe/H]_ZW_~-1.48+/-0.03 on the Zinn & West scale (or [Fe/H]_UVES_~-1.38+/-0.03 on the new Carretta et al. scale) for NGC 6981, and distances of ~16.73+/-0.36 and ~16.68+/-0.36kpc from analysis of the RR0 and RR1 stars separately. We also confirm the Oosterhoff type I classification for the cluster, and show that our colour-magnitude data are consistent with the age of ~12.75+/-0.75Gyr derived by Dotter et al.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/548/A92
- Title:
- VrI light curves of NGC1904 variables
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/548/A92
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the analysis of 11 nights of V and I time-series observations of the globular cluster NGC 1904 (M 79). Using this we searched for variable stars in this cluster and attempted to refine the periods of known variables, making use of a time baseline spanning almost 8 years. We use our data to derive the metallicity and distance of NGC 1904. We used difference imaging to reduce our data to obtain high-precision light curves of variable stars. We then estimated the cluster parameters by performing a Fourier decomposition of the light curves of RR Lyrae stars for which a good period estimate was possible. We also derive an estimate for the age of the cluster by fitting theoretical isochrones to our colour-magnitude diagram (CMD). Out of 13 stars previously classified as variables, we confirm that 10 are bona fide variables. We cannot detect variability in one other within the precision of our data, while there are two which are saturated in our data frames, but we do not find sufficient evidence in the literature to confirm their variability. We also detect a new RR Lyrae variable, giving a total number of confirmed variable stars in NGC 1904 of 11. Using the Fourier parameters, we find a cluster metallicity [Fe/H]_ZW_=-1.63+/-0.14, or [Fe/H]_UVES_=-1.57+/-0.18, and a distance of 13.3+/-0.4kpc (using RR0 variables) or 12.9kpc (using the one RR1 variable in our sample for which Fourier decomposition was possible).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/555/A36
- Title:
- VrI light curves of NGC7099 variables
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/555/A36
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the analysis of 26 nights of V and I time-series observations from 2011 and 2012 of the globular cluster M 30 (NGC 7099). We used our data to search for variable stars in this cluster and refine the periods of known variables; we then used our variable star light curves to derive values for the cluster's parameters. We used difference image analysis to reduce our data to obtain high-precision light curves of variable stars. We then estimated the cluster parameters by performing a Fourier decomposition of the light curves of RR Lyrae stars for which a good period estimate was possible. We also derive an estimate for the age of the cluster by fitting theoretical isochrones to our colour-magnitude diagram (CMD). Out of 13 stars previously catalogued as variables, we find that only 4 are bona fide variables. We detect two new RR Lyrae variables, and confirm two additional RR Lyrae candidates from the literature. We also detect four other new variables, including an eclipsing blue straggler system, and an SX Phoenicis star. This amounts to a total number of confirmed variable stars in M 30 of 12. We perform Fourier decomposition of the light curves of the RR Lyrae stars to derive cluster parameters using empirical relations. We find a cluster metallicity [Fe/H]_ZW_=-2.01+/-0.04, or [Fe/H]_UVES_=-2.11+/-0.06, and a distance of 8.32+/-0.20kpc (using RR0 variables), 8.10 kpc (using one RR1 variable), and 8.35+/-0.42kpc (using our SX Phoenicis star detection in M 30). Fitting isochrones to the CMD, we estimate an age of 13.0+/-1.0Gyr for M 30.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/627/A135
- Title:
- VRI photometry of IC5070 variable stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/627/A135
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We observed a field of 16'x16' in the star-forming region Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) at BVRI wavelengths for 90 nights spread over one year in 2012-2013. More than 250 epochs in VRI-bands are used to identify and classify variables up to V~21mag. We present a catalogue of optical time-series photometry with periods, mean-magnitudes and classifications for 95 variable stars including 67 pre-main-sequence variables towards star-forming region IC 5070. The pre-main-sequence variables are further classified as candidate classical T Tauri and weak-line T Tauri stars based on their light curve variations and the locations on the color-color and color-magnitude diagrams using optical and infrared data together with Gaia DR2 astrometry. Classical T Tauri stars display variability amplitudes up to three times the maximum fluctuation in disk-free weak-line T Tauri stars, which show strong periodic variations. Short-term variability is missed in our photometry within single nights. Several classical T Tauri stars display long-lasting (>10 days) single or multiple fading and brightening events up to a couple of magnitudes at optical wavelengths.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/137/4598
- Title:
- VR light curve of ASAS-North Cepheids
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/137/4598
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have obtained VR photometry of 282 Cepheid variable star candidates from the northern part of the All Sky Automated Survey (ASAS). These together with data from the ASAS and the Northern Sky Variability Survey (NSVS) were used to redetermine the periods of the stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/557/A77
- Title:
- VR light curves of AA Tau in 2007-2013
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/557/A77
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- AA Tau has been monitored for more than 20 years since 1987, exhibiting a nearly constant brightness level of V=12.5mag. We report here that in 2011 it suddenly faded away, becoming 2 magnitudes fainter in the V-band, and has remained in this deep state since then. We investigate the origin of the sudden dimming of the AA Tau system. We report new optical and near-IR photometry and spectroscopy obtained during the fading event.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/372/69
- Title:
- VR light curves of M2 variables
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/372/69
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the results of CCD V and R photometry of the RR Lyrae stars in M2. The periodicities of most variables are revised and new ephemerides are calculated. Light-curve decomposition of the RR Lyrae stars was carried out and the corresponding mean physical parameters [Fe/H]=-1.47, Teff=6276K, logL=1.63L_{sun}_ and M_V_=0.71 from nine RRab and [Fe/H]=-1.61, M=0.54M_{sun}_, Teff=7215K, logL=1.74L_{sun}_ and M_V_=0.71 from two RRc stars were calculated. A comparison of the radii obtained from the above luminosity and temperature with predicted radii from non-linear convective models is discussed. The estimated mean distance to the cluster is 10.49+/-0.15kpc. These results place M2 correctly in the general globular cluster sequences for Oosterhoff type, mass, luminosity and temperature, all as a function of the metallicity. Mean relationships for M, logL/L_{sun}_, Teff and MV as a function of [Fe/H] for a family of globular clusters are offered. These trends are consistent with evolutionary and structural notions on the horizontal branch. Eight new variables are reported.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/384/1444
- Title:
- Vr light curves of NGC 5466 RR Lyrae
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/384/1444
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the results of CCD V and r photometry of the globular cluster NGC 5466. The difference image analysis technique adopted in this work has resulted in accurate time series photometry even in crowded regions of the cluster enabling us to discover five probably semi-regular variables. We present new photometry of three previously known eclipsing binaries and six SX Phe stars. The light curves of the RR Lyrae stars have been decomposed in their Fourier harmonics and their fundamental physical parameters have been estimated using semi-empirical calibrations. The zero points of the metallicity, luminosity and temperature scales are discussed and our Fourier results are transformed accordingly. The average iron abundance and distance to the Sun derived from individual RR Lyrae stars, indicate values of [Fe/H]=-1.91+/-0.19 and D=16.0+/-0.6kpc, or a true distance modulus of 16.02+/-0.09mag, for the parent cluster. These values are respectively in the Zinn & West metallicity scale and in agreement with recent luminosity determinations for the RR Lyrae stars in the LMC. The M_V_-[Fe/H] relation has been recalibrated as M_V_=+(0.18+/-0.03)[Fe/H]+(0.85+/-0.05) using the mean values derived by the Fourier technique on RR Lyrae s tars in a family of clusters. This equation predicts M_V_=0.58mag for [Fe/H]=-1.5, in agreement with the average absolute magnitude of RR Lyrae stars calculated from several independent methods. The M_V-[Fe/H] relationship and the value of [Fe/H] have implications on the age of the globular clusters when determined from the magnitude difference between the horizontal branch and the turn off point (HB-TO method). The above results however would not imply a change in the age of NGC 5466, of 12.5+/-0.9Gyr, estimated from recent isochrone fitting.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/RMxAA/40.209
- Title:
- VR light curves of 15 RR Lyrae in NGC 4147
- Short Name:
- J/other/RMxAA/40
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the results of CCD V and R photometry of the RR Lyrae stars known in NGC 4147. The periodicities of most variables are revised and new ephemerides are calculated. The Blazhko effect has been detected in V2 and V6. Three previously reported variables; V5, V9, and V15 are found to be non-variable. A new variable V18 was discovered with a period of 0.49205-days and an amplitude of 0.15mag. Using the approach of Fourier decomposition of the light curves, the physical parameters of the RRab and RRc variables were estimated. The cluster is of the Oosterhoff type I. With the newly values [Fe/H]=-1.22+/-0.31 and 16.8+/-1.3kpc, the cluster fits very well into the Oosterhoff type-metallicity and metallicity-temperature sequence found in globular clusters. A comparison with ZAHB models indicates that the RRab stars have not yet evolved off the horizontal branch, a result consistent with the mean period of the RRab variables and with the metallicity of the cluster derived in this work.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/128/1748
- Title:
- VR photometry of type II Cepheids
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/128/1748
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present 1256 new photometric observations of 36 Cepheids with periods longer than 8 days. The majority are likely type II Cepheids, but we have included about a dozen classical Cepheids for comparison purposes, a few stars of uncertain type, and one putative RV Tauri star. We discuss the appearance of the light curves, the Fourier parameters, and the light-curve stability in terms of differentiation between type I and type II Cepheids. Although we encounter the same difficulties as previous investigators in using these parameters for this purpose, we are able to identify some stars of particular interest, including several likely type I Cepheids at large distances from the Galactic plane. Six stars with especially large period changes are identified and discussed.
