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We present time-series VI photometry of the metal-rich globular cluster NGC 6316. Our color-magnitude diagrams show a predominantly red-clump horizontal branch morphology with no evidence of the blue extensions seen in NGC 6388 and NGC…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. C. Layden , B. T. Bowes , D. L. Welch , T. M. A. Webb

We have surveyed Andromeda VI, a dwarf spheroidal galaxy companion to M31, for variable stars using F450W and F555W observations obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope. A total of 118 variables were found, with 111 being RR Lyrae, 6…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Barton J. Pritzl , Taft E. Armandroff , George H. Jacoby , Gary S. Da Costa

(Abridged) We present the results of variable star searches of the M31 dwarf spheroidal companions Andromeda I and Andromeda III using the Hubble Space Telescope. A total of 100 variable stars were found in Andromeda I, while 56 were found…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Barton J. Pritzl , Taft E. Armandroff , George H. Jacoby , G. S. Da Costa

We present Hubble Space Telescope observations taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys Wide Field Channel of two fields near M32 - between four and six kpc from the center of M31. The data cover a time baseline sufficient for the…

We have calculated the physical parameters of the RR Lyrae stars in the globular cluster NGC~4147 via the Fourier decomposition of their light curves, using new data and well-established semi-empirical calibrations and zero points. The mean…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-15 A. Arellano Ferro , F. C. Rojas Galindo , S. Muneer , Sunetra Giridhar

We present a new, deep (V ~ 26) study of the Galactic globular cluster NGC 2419 based on B,V,I time-series CCD photometry over about 10 years and extending beyond the cluster published tidal radius. We have identified 101 variable stars of…

We have probed the pulsating variable star content of the isolated Local Group dwarf galaxy, DDO210 (Aquarius), using archival Advanced Camera for Surveys/$Hubble$ $Space$ $Telescope$ imaging in the F475W and F814W passbands. We find a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-27 Antonio J. Ordoñez , Ata Sarajedini

We present HST/ACS observations of RR Lyrae variable stars in six ultra deep fields of the Andromeda galaxy (M31), including parts of the halo, disk, and giant stellar stream. Past work on the RR Lyrae stars in M31 has focused on various…

We present optical and near-infrared UBVRIJHK photometry of stars in the Galactic globular cluster M4 (NGC 6121) based upon a large corpus of observations obtained mainly from public astronomical archives. We concentrate on the RR Lyrae…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 P. B. Stetson , V. F. Braga , M. Dall'Ora , G. Bono , R. Buonanno , I. Ferraro , G. Iannicola , M. Marengo , J. Neeley

We present new BV CCD photometry, light curves, and ephemerides for 9 previously known, 29 newly detected RR Lyrae variables and one newly detected variable of an unknown type in the globular cluster M75. The photometry used for the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 T. M. Corwin , M. Catelan , H. A. Smith , J. Borissova , F. R. Ferraro , W. S. Raburn

We present an analysis of \emph{VI} CCD time-series photometry of the Oo II type globular cluster M92. The variable star population of the cluster is studied with the aim of revising their classifications, identifications, frequency spectra…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-18 M. A. Yepez , A. Arellano Ferro , D. Deras

We present a comprehensive analysis of the variable stars projected on the field of the Galactic bulge globular cluster NGC 6522, offering valuable insights into their characteristics. Using proper motions from Gaia DR3, we aim to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-26 A. Arellano Ferro , Z. Prudil , M. A. Yepez , I. Bustos Fierro , A. Luna

Variable stars have been identified for the first time in Fornax 4, the globular cluster located near the center of the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy. By applying the image subtraction technique to B,V time series photometry obtained with…

We present the results from $VI$ CCD time-series photometry of the globular cluster M13 (NGC 6205). From the Fourier decomposition of the light curves of RRab and RRc stars we found an average metallicity of [Fe/H]zw = -1.58 $\pm$ 0.09. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-13 D. Deras , A. Arellano Ferro , C. Lázaro , I. H. Bustos Fierro , J. H. Calderón , S. Muneer , Sunetra Giridhar

[Abridged] We present the results of a Hubble Space Telescope snapshot program to survey the inner region of the globular cluster NGC 6441 for its variable stars. A total of 57 variable stars was found including 38 RR Lyrae stars, 6…

Using archival imaging from the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 aboard the Hubble Space Telescope, we investigate the stellar populations of the Local Group dwarf spheroidal Andromeda V - a companion satellite galaxy of M31. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Conor Mancone , Ata Sarajedini

We report on the discovery of a large number of RR Lyrae variable stars in the moderately metal-rich Galactic globular cluster M62 (NGC 6266), which places it among the top three most RR Lyrae-rich globular clusters known. Likely members of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Contreras , M. Catelan , H. A. Smith , B. J. Pritzl , J. Borissova

Results of a search for variable stars in the central region of the globular cluster M13 are presented. Prior to this study, 36 variable and suspected variable stars were known in this cluster (Osborn 2000; Clement et al. 2001). Of these…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 G. Kopacki , Z. Kolaczkowski , A. Pigulski

We describe here results of a photometric time-sequence survey of the globular cluster M3 (NGC 5272), in a search for contact and detached eclipsing binary stars. We have discovered only one likely eclipsing binary and one SX Phe type star…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 J. Kaluzny , R. W. Hilditch , C. Clement , S. M. Rucinski

We present B, V and I CCD light curves for 101 variable stars belonging to the globular cluster NGC2419, 60 of which are new discoveries, based on datasets obtained at the TNG, SUBARU and HST telescopes. The sample includes 75 RR Lyrae…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 M. Di Criscienzo , C. Greco , V. Ripepi , G. Clementini , M. Dall' Ora , M. Marconi , I. Musella , L. Federici , L. Di Fabrizio