- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/123/3216
- Title:
- BV photometry of variable stars in SMC
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/123/3216
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- B and V photometry has been obtained for variable stars in the northeast arm of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). Periods and light curves have been determined for 237 periodic variables, including 201 Cepheids, 68 of which are newly discovered. Fundamental-mode Cepheids and first-overtone mode Cepheids are generally well separated in the BV color-magnitude diagram, with the latter having bluer mean colors than the former. The Cepheid period-color relationship for this outlying SMC field is indistinguishable from that seen in more centrally located SMC fields and is bluer than theoretical predictions. The red edge to the populated portion of the instability strip shifts to bluer colors for fainter Cepheids. There is support from our sample for a previously reported steepening in the slope of the period-luminosity relation for fundamental-mode Cepheids near a period of 2 days. The Cepheids of the northeast arm may be closer to us than are those of the main body of the SMC, but the difference is smaller than or equal to about 4kpc, comparable to the tidal radius of the SMC.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/362/223
- Title:
- 1984-1998 BV photometry of V815 Her
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/362/223
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- As a case study of the solar-stellar connection, we have analysed a prolonged time series of BV photometry of the chromospherically active binary V815 Her. The surface differential rotation in the rapidly rotating G5V primary caused changes of 4.6% in the seasonal photometric rotation periods. This would imply a differential rotation coefficient of k=0.184, if the rotation of the starspots follow the solar law of differential rotation and the activity is confined within the same latitudinal range as in the Sun, having k=0.189 and the spectral type G2V. Our analysis of the primary and secondary minima of the seasonal light curves indicated that the regions of stronger activity have concentrated on one active longitude, which has maintained a constant rotation period of 1.79244d for about 14 years. No regular activity cycle was detected in the mean brightness changes of V815 Her.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/152/120
- Title:
- BV photometry of V532 Mon
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/152/120
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The first two sets of complete charge-coupled device light curves in the B and V bands of the short-period binary system, V532 Mon, are presented. The light curves are analyzed with spot models using the Wilson-Devinney code. V532 Mon is found to be an A-subtype intermediate-contact binary with a degree of contact factor of f=47.1%(+/-2.7%), a mass ratio of q=0.2502(+/-0.0019), and a cool spot on the primary component. The period changes of the system are investigated by combining newly determined times of light minimum with others published in the literature. We found that the general trend of the observed-calculated (O-C) curve shows a downward parabolic variation that corresponds to a long-term decrease in the orbital period at a rate of dP/dt=-1.716(+/-0.002)*10^-7^dyr^-1^. The long-term decrease of the orbital period can be explained by mass transfer from the more-massive component to the less massive one. The long-time period decrease, the intermediate-contact configuration, and the astrophysical parameters of the binary system suggest that V532 Mon will evolve into high fill-out, extreme mass-ratio overcontact binaries.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/383/580
- Title:
- BV polarimetric variability of 3 O-type stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/383/580
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Polarimetric data associated with multi-parameter observational campaigns of selected bright O-type stars and their variable winds, are analysed in relation to the outcomes of the UV and optical spectroscopic studies. For the stars {xi} Per and {lambda} Cep, individual measurement uncertainties are {Delta}p~+/-0.0002 with nightly mean uncertainties of {Delta}p~+/-0.00007. Although variability is apparent on a night-to-night basis, with differences in {Delta}p~0.0002, no correlations are found between these and the periodic behaviours associated with the stellar SiIV and H{alpha} lines.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASP/97/753
- Title:
- BVR CCD photometry on NGC 1777
- Short Name:
- J/PASP/97/753
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present photographic (B and V) and CCD (B, V, and R) photometry of stars in the remote LMC cluster NGC 1777, and integrated UBV photometry of the inner part of the cluster. A comparison of the results from the two techniques reveals large (~0.20m) systematic differences which we attribute to the difficulty of faint photometry. The photographic calibration depended on images produced by a Racine wedge, while the CCD calibration was accomplished in a manner analogous to photoelectric photometry. The stellar photometry provides a C-M diagram to V=21.5 which includes an evolved main sequence and a well-populated giant branch. A variety of methods, including comparisons of the observations to two sets of isochrones, allows us to estimate the cluster age as 0.9+/-0.2x10^9^ years. However we are only able to estimate the metallicity ([Fe/H]) crudely as -0.7+/-0.5. The C-M diagrams of the field in three regions near NGC 1777 indicate the presence of stars in the age range 1x10^9^ to >=3x10^9^ years, although we are unable to discern whether a mixture of two or more distinct populations or a continuous distribution of field-star ages is responsible for this spread.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/811/32
- Title:
- BVRcIcJHK and X-ray LCs of the U Sco nova
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/811/32
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The recurrent nova U Scorpii most recently erupted in 2010. Our collaboration observed the eruption in bands ranging from the Swift XRT and UVOT w2 (193nm) to K-band (2200nm), with a few serendipitous observations stretching down to WISE W2 (4600nm). Considering the time and wavelength coverage, this is the most comprehensively observed nova eruption to date. We present here the resulting multi-wavelength light curve covering the two months of the eruption as well as a few months into quiescence. For the first time, a U Sco eruption has been followed all the way back to quiescence, leading to the discovery of new features in the light curve, including a second, as-yet-unexplained, plateau in the optical and near-infrared. Using this light curve we show that U Sco nearly fits the broken power law decline predicted by Hachisu & Kato (2006ApJS..167...59H), with decline indices of -1.71+/-0.02 and -3.36+/-0.14. With our unprecedented multi-wavelength coverage, we construct daily spectral energy distributions and then calculate the total radiated energy of the eruption, E_rad_=6.99^+0.83^_-0.57_x10^44^erg. From that, we estimate the total amount of mass ejected by the eruption to be m_ej_=2.10^+0.24^_-0.17_x10^-6^M_{sun}_. We compare this to the total amount of mass accreted by U Sco before the eruption, to determine whether the white dwarf undergoes a net mass loss or gain, but find that the values for the amount of mass accreted are not precise enough to make a useful comparison.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/157/207
- Title:
- BVR_c_I_c_ light curve observations for VZ Lib
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/157/207
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- VZ Lib is a southern triple-lined system. By analyzing all available times of light minima, orbital period changes are revisited in detail. We discovered that the observed-calculated (O-C) curve shows a long-term period decrease at a rate of dP/dt=-2.25x10^-7^ days/yr, revealing a mass transfer from the more massive component to the less massive one. A cyclic variation covering more than three cycles was discovered, which was analyzed for the light-travel-time effect via the presence of the tertiary companion. The cyclic variation has a short period of 2.96 (+/-0.04) yr and a small semiamplitude of 0.0039 (+/-0.0004) days. The mass of the third body was determined to be M_3_sini_3_=0.52 (+/-0.07) M_{sun}_ and an orbital semimajor axis shorter than 1.93 (+/-0.31) au was obtained. Orbital properties of this close-in companion should provide valuable information on the formation of close binaries and stellar dynamical interaction. New complete BVR_c_I_c_ light curves of VZ Lib were obtained and modeled with the Wilson-Devinney code. The light curves show a small but significant O'Connell effect that was not detectable in 1981 and 2007 but in 2004, so we derived a new photometric solution with assuming spot and a third light in the system. It is found that the light-curve subtype changed from A-type to W-type, which was possibly caused by a dark spot on the massive component. Our photometric solutions are in agreement with the spectroscopic results given by previous authors.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/160/175
- Title:
- BVRcIc light curve of eclisping binary V1023 Persei
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/160/175
- Date:
- 09 Dec 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- V1023 Per is a polar spotted, but well-detached dwarf binary, very likely a Pre-WUMa eclipsing binary. It was observed on 11 nights in 2015 October, November, and December at Dark Sky Observatory in North Carolina with the 0.81m reflector of Appalachian State University. The period behavior is complex and may be increasing with a cubic or quadratic ephemeris. Its odd light curves are of high amplitude but have no totality and reach maximum light just before and following the secondary eclipse, indicating that it has polar spots similar to UV Leo. The 28yr orbital period study calls the attention of observers to further monitor this binary to understand the complex nature of the period evolution. Its presently fixed polar spot does indicate that it must have a strong magnetic field and that it is synchronously rotating. The BVRcIc simultaneous 2016 Wilson-Devinney program (W-D) solution gives fillouts of 68% and 75% for the primary and secondary components, respectively. The polar position of the spot, its radius (24{deg}), and T-fact (0.75) indicate that a strong magnetic field is present. The small {Delta}T in the components (~289K) show that the stars are similar in spectral type despite them being well detached. The inclination is high, ~85.19{deg}{+/-}0.04{deg}, but there is not a total eclipse due to the high mass ratio (~0.739{+/-}0.001). Due to the low galactic position (longitude=150.390{deg}, latitude=-1.023{deg}), its reddening is addressed. The primary components temperature is estimated to be 5250{+/-}250K.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/NewA/31.65
- Title:
- BVRcIc light curves of LU Lac
- Short Name:
- J/other/NewA/31.
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- LU Lac is a neglected W UMa binary star in photometric investigations. In this paper, we present BVRI CCD photometric light curves obtained on one night in 2012. The first photometric solutions of this system are computed by using the Wilson-Devinney code. It is shown that LU Lac is a marginal contact W-type system with a degree of contact factor of f=8.9%, a mass ratio of q=2.085 and a high inclination of i=82.20{deg}. From the first analyses of orbital period changes, we found the period variation of the system includes an oscillation (A3=0.0125-days and T3=51.92-years). The cyclic change may be attributed to the light-travel time effect through the presence of a third body.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/117/475
- Title:
- BVRcIc photometry of 10 blazars
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/117/475
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the BVR_c_I_c_ data for 10 blazars observed in the first phase of a long-term photometric monitoring program of about 30 objects. The observations were carried out with a 0.40-m automatic imaging telescope, recently developed by our group at the Perugia University Observatory. During our period of observation 1215+303 and 1424+240 were at their highest values of magnitude, while 0754+100 and 0829+043 displayed large amplitude flares. We further report optical data of Mrk 501 during the same period in which TeV {gamma}-rays were detected by the Whipple Observatory. For a description of the (RI)c photometric system, see e.g. the General Catalog of Photometry Data <GCPD/54>.
