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We present time-series B, V photometry of NGC 6229, obtained with the purpose of providing the first extensive CCD variability study of this cluster. As a result, we were able to obtain periods for all NGC 6229 variables, with the exception…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 J. Borissova , M. Catelan , T. Valchev

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 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 BV photometry of the Galactic globular cluster NGC 5286, based on 128 V frames and 133 B frames, and covering the entire face of the cluster. Our photometry reaches almost two magnitudes below the turn-off level, and is…

We report the discovery of 6 SX Phoenicis stars in the southern globular cluster NGC 4833. Images were obtained from January through June 2011 with the Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy 0.6 meter telescope located at Cerro…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-17 Andrew N. Darragh , Brian W. Murphy

In this paper, we report the detections of stellar variabilities from the first 2-year observations of sky area of about 1300 square degrees from the Tsinghua University-NAOC Transient Survey (TNTS). A total of 1237 variable stars…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-23 Xinyu Yao , Lingzhi Wang , Xiaofeng Wang , Tianmeng Zhang , Juncheng Chen , Wenlong Yuan , Jun Mo , Wenxiong Li , Zhiping Jin , Xuefeng Wu , JunDan Nie , Xu Zhou

Time series BVI photometry is presented for 16 short-period variables located in the central region of the globular cluster NGC 6397. The sample includes 9 newly detected variables. The light curve of cataclysmic variable CV6 shows…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Janusz Kaluzny , Ian B. Thompson

In this paper we revisit observational data concerning RR Lyrae stars in Galactic globular clusters, presenting frequency histograms of fundamentalized periods for the 32 clusters having more than 12 pulsators with well recognized period…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Castellani , F. Caputo , V. Castellani

We have applied Alard's image subtraction method (ISIS v2.1) to the observations of the globular clusters NGC 6388 and NGC 6441 previously analyzed using standard photometric techniques (DAOPHOT, ALLFRAME). In this reanalysis of…

Based on photometric data obtained between 1935 and 2017, $O-C$ diagrams were built for 22 RR Lyrae stars in the globular cluster NGC 6171, leading to the discovery of secular period changes in 4 variables for which we have calculated their…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-13 A. Arellano Ferro , P. Rosenzweig , A. Luna , D. Deras , S. Muneer , S. Giridhar , R. Michel

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 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

We present the results of a photometric study of RR Lyrae variables in the field of the globular cluster M55. We have discovered nine new RR Lyrae stars, increasing the number of known variables in this cluster to 15 objects. Five of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Olech , J. Kaluzny , I. B. Thompson , W. Pych , W. Krzeminski , A. Schwarzenberg-Czerny

A CCD VI imaging time-series over 11-year is employed to explore the light curves of stars in the field of Palomar 2. We discovered 20 RRab and 1 RRc variables. A revision of Gaia-DR3 data enabled us to identify 10 more variables and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-12 A. Arellano Ferro , I. Bustos Fierro , S. Muneer , S. Giridhar

Using V images taken in May and June 2012 with the SARA Consortium's 0.9-meter telescope located at Kitt Peak National Observatory, we searched for variable stars in the globular cluster M107 (NGC 6171). The search was accomplished using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-25 Thayne A. McCombs , Erik D. Reinhart , Andrew N. Darragh , Elliott W. Johnson , Brian W. Murphy

We present results of time series photometry to search for variable stars in the field of metal-poor globular cluster NGC 4590 (M68). Periods have been revised for 40 known variables and no significant changes were found. A considerable…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-09-11 Devesh Path Sariya , Sneh Lata , R. K. S. Yadav

We have investigated the variable stars in the field surrounding NGC 2355 based on the time-series photometric observation data. More than 3000 CCD frames were obtained in the V band spread over 13 nights with the Nanshan One-meter…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-20 Hong Wang , Yu Zhang , Xiangyun Zeng , Qingshun Hu , Jinzhong Liu , Mingfeng Qin , Guoliang Lü

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

The field of the globular cluster M10 (NGC 6254) was monitored between 1998 and 2015 in a search for variable stars. V -light curves were derived for 40 variables or likely variables, most of which are new detections. Proper motions…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-10 M. Rozyczka , W. Narloch , A. Schwarzenberg - Czerny , I. B. Thompson , R. Poleski , W. Pych

We present results of a search for variable stars in a region of the globular cluster NGC 4147 based on photometric observations with 4k x 4k CCD imager mounted at the axial port of the recently installed 3.6 m Devasthal optical telescope…