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We present time-series VI photometry of the metal-rich ([Fe/H] = -0.53) globular cluster NGC 6441. Our color-magnitude diagram shows that the extended blue horizontal branch seen in Hubble Space Telescope data exists in the outermost…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 A. C. Layden , L. A. Ritter , D. L. Welch , T. M. A. Webb

We present a CCD $VI$ photometric study of the globular cluster M14. Particular attention is given to the variable stars. This allowed new classifications and cluster membership considerations. New variables are reported; 3 RRc, 18 SR and 1…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-19 M. A. Yepez , A. Arellano Ferro , D. Deras , I. Bustos Fierro , S. Muneer , K. -P. Schröder

We present measurements of the periods, amplitudes, and types of 74 RR Lyrae stars in the globular cluster M15 derived from Nickel 1 m telescope observations conducted at LickObservatory in 2019 and 2020. Of these RR Lyrae stars, two were…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-13 Andrew M. Hoffman , Yukei S. Murakami , WeiKang Zheng , Benjamin E. Stahl , Alexei V. Filippenko

CCD photometry in the V band is presented for 7 field RR Lyrae stars selected from a sample of eight variables which, according to data collected in the literature, are expected to be {\it ab}-type pulsators, to have short periods and hence…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 G. Clementini , M. Tosi , A. Bragaglia , R. Merighi , C. Maceroni

We report the discovery of a significant population of RR Lyrae variables in the dwarf spheroidal galaxy Leo I. Based on 40 V and 22 B images of the galaxy taken using the ESO Wide Field Imager we have identified so far 74 candidate RR…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 E. V. Held , G. Clementini , L. Rizzi , Y. Momany , I. Saviane , L. Di Fabrizio

We present a study of variable stars in globular cluster NGC 6401. The cluster is only $5.3\degr$ away from the Galactic centre and suffers from strong differential reddening. The photometric precision afforded us by difference image…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-01 Y. Tsapras , A. Arellano Ferro , D. M. Bramich , R. Figuera Jaimes , N. Kains , R. Street , M. Hundertmark , K. Horne , M. Dominik , C. Snodgrass

We present new photometry and analysis of the twelve variable stars (nine RR Lyrae, three SX Phoenicis) belonging to the Sagittarius globular cluster Arp 2. Of the nine RR Lyrae stars in the cluster, eight are RRab and one is RRc. From the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-01 Barton J. Pritzl , Thomas C. Gehrman , Ricardo Salinas , Márcio Catelan , Horace A. Smith , Jura Borissova

We present a census of variable stars in six M31 dwarf spheroidal satellites observed with the Hubble Space Telescope. We detect 870 RR Lyrae (RRL) stars in the fields of And I (296), II (251), III (111), XV (117), XVI (8), XXVIII (87). We…

We present a comprehensive catalog of 2824 RR Lyrae stars (RRLs) residing in 115 Galactic globular clusters (GCs). Our catalog includes 1594 fundamental-mode (RRab), 824 first-overtone (RRc), and 28 double-mode (RRd) RRLs, as well as 378…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-15 Mauricio Cruz Reyes , Richard I. Anderson , Lucas Johansson , Henryka Netzel , Zoé Medaric

(Abridged) We present the results of a new search for variable stars in the Local Group (LG) isolated dwarf galaxy IC1613, based on 24 orbits of F475W and F814W photometry from the ACS camera onboard the HST. We detected 259 candidate…

NGC 362 is a bright southern globular cluster for which no extensive variability survey has ever been done. Time-series CCD photometric observations have been obtained. Light curves have been derived with both profile fitting photometry and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-08 P. Szekely , L. L. Kiss , R. Jackson , A. Derekas , B. Csak , K. Szatmary

We present new time-series CCD \emph{VR} photometry of the globular cluster NGC 5634. We aim to use the known RR Lyrae stars, members of the cluster, as indicators of mean metallicity and distance. Accurate coordinates, periods and an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-21 A. Arellano Ferro , R. Michel , M. A. Yepez , S. Muneer , I. Bustos Fierro , Z. Prudil

We have undertaken a search for variable stars in the metal-rich globular cluster NGC 6388 using time-series BV photometry. Twenty-eight new variables were found in this survey, increasing the total number of variables found near NGC 6388…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Barton J. Pritzl , Horace A. Smith , Marcio Catelan , Allen V. Sweigart

We present time series data on the variable stars of the galactic globular cluster Messier 3 (M3). We give BVI light curves for 226 RR Lyrae, 2 SX Phe and 1 W Vir type variables, along with estimated fundamental photometric parameters such…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 J. M. Benko , G. A. Bakos , J. Nuspl

The variable star population of the galactic globular cluster NGC 1851 (C0512-400) has been studied by CCD photometry, from observations made in the B, V, and I bands during 1993-4. Light curves are presented for 29 variables, seven of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Alistair R. Walker

We have applied the image subtraction method to images of the peculiar, bimodal-horizontal branch globular cluster NGC 2808, taken over a total of six nights over a range of five months. As a result, we have found, for the first time, a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 T. M. Corwin , M. Catelan , J. Borissova , H. A. Smith

New accurate and homogeneous optical UBVRI photometry has been obtained for variable stars in the Galactic globular $\omega$ Cen (NGC 5139). We secured 8202 CCD images covering a time interval of 24 years and a sky area of 84x48 arcmin. The…

We present the preliminary results of an image-subtraction analysis of the Galactic globular cluster M79 (NGC 1904), as well as a new investigation of the variable star population in NGC 1851. Both M79 and NGC 1851 have been previously…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-05 P. Amigo , M. Catelan , P. B. Stetson , H. A. Smith , C. Cacciari , M. Zoccali

We have identified 23 RR Lyrae stars and 3 possible Anomalous Cepheids among 84 candidate variables in the recently discovered Canes Venatici I dwarf spheroidal galaxy. The mean period of 18 RRab type stars is <Pab> = 0.60 +/-0.01 days.…

We present a comprehensive photometric study of RR Lyrae stars in the M3 globular cluster, utilising a vast dataset of 3140 optical ($UBVRI$) CCD images spanning 35 years from astronomical data archives. We have successfully identified…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-28 Nitesh Kumar , Anupam Bhardwaj , Harinder P. Singh , Marina Rejkuba , Marcella Marconi , Philippe Prugniel