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Newly Discovered Variable Stars in the Globular Clusters NGC 5634, Arp 2 and Terzan 8

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We report the discovery of a sizeable, previously unknown variable star population in the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal globular clusters NGC 5634, Arp 2 and Terzan 8. Location, preliminary pulsation periods and B-band light curves in relative flux units are provided for all these stars.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0508162,
  title  = {Newly Discovered Variable Stars in the Globular Clusters NGC 5634, Arp 2 and Terzan 8},
  author = {R. Salinas and M. Catelan and H. A. Smith and B. J. Pritzl and J. Borissova},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0508162},
  year   = {2007}
}

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10 pages, 6 figures. IBVS 5640, in press