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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/121/861
- Title:
- BVI photometry of central part of M33
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/121/861
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The DIRECT project aims to determine direct distances to two important galaxies in the cosmological distance ladder - M31 and M33 - using detached eclipsing binaries (DEBs) and Cepheids. The search for these variables requires time-series photometry of large areas of the target galaxies and yields magnitudes and positions for tens of thousands of stellar objects, which may be of use to the astronomical community at large. During the first phase of the project, between 1996 September and 1997 October, we were awarded 95 nights on the F. L. Whipple Observatory 1.2 m telescope and 36 nights on the Michigan-Dartmouth-MIT 1.3 m telescope to search for DEBs and Cepheids in the M31 and M33 galaxies. This paper, the first in our series of stellar catalogs, lists the positions, three-color photometry, and variability indices of 57,581 stars with 14.4<V<23.6 in the central part of M33. The catalog is available from our FTP site.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/141/92
- Title:
- BVI photometry of 10 distant open clusters
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/141/92
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The oldest open star clusters are important for tracing the history of the Galactic disk, but many of the more distant clusters are heavily reddened and projected against the rich stellar background of the Galaxy. We have undertaken an investigation of several distant clusters (Berkeley 19, Berkeley 44, King 25, NGC 6802, NGC 6827, Berkeley 52, Berkeley 56, NGC 7142, NGC 7245, and King 9) to develop procedures for separating probable cluster members from the background field. We next created a simple quantitative approach for finding approximate cluster distances, reddenings, and ages. We first conclude that with the possible exception of King 25 they are probably all physical clusters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/544/A73
- Title:
- BVI photometry of Fornax dSph galaxy
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/544/A73
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present deep photometry in the B,V and I filters from CTIO/MOSAIC for about 270.000 stars in the Fornax dwarf Spheroidal galaxy, out to a radius of r_ell_~0.8{deg}. By combining the accurately calibrated photometry with the spectroscopic metallicity distributions of individual Red Giant Branch stars we obtain the detailed star formation and chemical evolution history of Fornax. Fornax is dominated by intermediate age (1-10Gyr) stellar populations, but also includes ancient (10-14Gyr), and young (<1Gyr) stars. We show that Fornax displays a radial age gradient, with younger, more metal-rich populations dominating the central region. This confirms results from previous works. Within an elliptical radius of 0.8 degrees, or 1.9kpc from the centre, a total mass in stars of 4.3*10^7^M_{sun}_ was formed, from the earliest times until 250Myr ago. Using the detailed star formation history, age estimates are determined for individual stars on the upper RGB, for which spectroscopic abundances are available, giving an age-metallicity relation of the Fornax dSph from individual stars. This shows that the average metallicity of Fornax went up rapidly from [Fe/H]<-2.5dex to [Fe/H]=-1.5dex between 8-12Gyr ago, after which a more gradual enrichment resulted in a narrow, well-defined sequence which reaches [Fe/H]~-0.8dex, ~3Gyr ago. These ages also allow us to measure the build-up of chemical elements as a function of time, and thus determine detailed timescales for the evolution of individual chemical elements. A rapid decrease in [Mg/Fe] is seen for the stars with [Fe/H]>-1.5dex, with a clear trend in age.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/404/423
- Title:
- BVI photometry of Galactic Cepheids
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/404/423
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- 321 Galactic fundamental-mode Cepheids with good B,V,I photometry by Berdnikov et al. (2000, Cat. <J/A+AS/143/211>) and with homogenized color excesses E(B-V) based on Fernie et al. (1995IBVS.4148....1F) are used to determine their period-colour relation in the range 0.4<log P<1.6. Distances of 25 Cepheids in open clusters (Feast, 1999PASP..111..775F) and of 28 Cepheids with BBW distances (Gieren et al., 1998ApJ...496...17G) are used in a first step to determine the absorption coefficients R_B_=4.17, R_V_=3.17, and R_I_=1.89. The two sets define two independent P-L relations which agree very well in slope. They are therefore combined into a single mean Galactic P-L relation.
- 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/AJ/134/2168
- Title:
- BVI photometry of M33 star clusters
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/134/2168
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a survey for star clusters in M33 using HST WFPC2 archive images. We have found 104 star clusters, including 32 new ones, in the images of 24 fields that were not included in previous studies. Combining these with previous data in the literature, we increase the number of M33 star clusters found in the HST images to 242. We have derived BVI integrated photometry of these star clusters from the CCD images taken with the CFH12k mosaic camera at the CFHT.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASP/126/733
- Title:
- BVI photometry of M15 stars
- Short Name:
- J/PASP/126/733
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present new BVI photometry containing 40,000 stars of the Galactic globular cluster M15 (NGC 7078), covering a 25'x25' area centered on the cluster with a magnitude range from the tip of the red giant branch to 3 mag below the main sequence turnoff. Using {alpha}-enhanced Dartmouth Stellar Evolution Program models, we find an age of 13.0+/-1.0Gyr and distance modulus of (m-M)_V_=15.4+/-0.1 through isochrone fitting. Unlike previous works, we find good agreement between the observed completeness-corrected stellar luminosity function and models.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/139/491
- Title:
- BVI photometry of nearby galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/139/491
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Integrated CCD-photometry of the dwarf nearby galaxies in B, V and I (Cousins) bands is presented. The photometry was performed in increasing circular apertures.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/145/365
- Title:
- BVI photometry of NGC 7790
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/145/365
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- CCD photometry of the northern open star cluster NGC 7790 has been carried out in BVI photometric passbands down to V~21mag for 1150 stars of which for ~700 stars, the data is obtained for the first time. We derive the most reliable parameters for this cluster using all the available photometric, spectroscopic and proper motion data. The interstellar extinction over the cluster area is uniform and normal with E(B-V)=0.51+/-0.03mag. We determine a distance of 3.3+/-0.23Kpc to the cluster. The theoretical isochrone fittings to the Cepheid variables as well as the evolved part of the main-sequence near turn-off point indicate that the cluster is 120+/-20Myr old. We estimate the cluster radius to be 3.7' using radial stellar density profile. Both the distance and age determined using period luminosity/age relations for the Cepheid variables are consistent with their membership of the cluster. This unique opportunity has therefore been used to refine the zero-point of the period-luminosity relation for the Galactic Cepheids.
