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Age constraints are most often placed on globular clusters by comparing their CMDs with theoretical isochrones. The recent discoveries of detached, eclipsing binaries in such systems by the Cluster AgeS Experiment (CASE) provide new…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-04 Aaron Dotter , Janusz Kaluzny , Ian Thompson

Fifteen variable stars have been discovered during four nights of monitoring of NGC 7789. It was possible to determine periods for ten of these variables. Seven objects are W UMa-type binaries, in this number five are members of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Jahn , J. Kaluzny , S. M. Rucinski

We have used a combination of high-resolution Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 and wide-field ground-based observations, in ultraviolet and optical bands, to study the blue straggler star population of the massive outer-halo globular cluster…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-11-07 N. Sanna , E. Dalessandro , F. R. Ferraro , B. Lanzoni , P. Miocchi , R. W. O'Connell

We present results of a variability search in the intermediate-age open cluster NGC 6866 from 29 nights over two observing seasons. We find 28 periodic variables, of which 19 are newly identified. The periods of these variables, which have…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Yogesh C. Joshi , Santosh Joshi , Brijesh Kumar , Soumen Mondal , L. A. Balona

The Survey for Transiting Extrasolar Planets in Stellar Systems (STEPSS) project is a search for planetary transits in open clusters. In this paper, we analyze the STEPSS observations of the open cluster NGC 1245 to determine the variable…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-09 Joshua Pepper , Chris Burke

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

To probe the nature of stellar evolution in dense environments, we study the dense core of the globular cluster Messier 13 using pre-refurbishment Planetary Camera-I images obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope. We find 15 blue straggler…

We have surveyed a 6.5' x 6.5' field centered on the globular cluster M56 (NGC 6779) in search for variable stars. We have detected seven variables, among which two objects are new identifications. One of the new variables is an RR Lyrae…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-06-10 P. Pietrukowicz , A. Olech , P. Kedzierski , K. Zloczewski , M. Wisniewski , K. Mularczyk

We present the fifth part of the OGLE Catalog of Periodic Variable Stars in the Galactic bulge. 574 variable stars: 44 pulsating, 369 eclipsing and 161 miscellaneous type were detected in four fields located symmetrically in galactic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Udalski , A. Olech , M. Szymanski , J. Kaluzny , M. Kubiak , M. Mateo , W. Krzeminski , K. Z. Stanek

We present a comprehensive photometric analysis of a young open cluster NGC 1960 (M36) along with the long-term variability study of this cluster. Based on the kinematic data of Gaia DR2, the membership probabilities of 3871 stars are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-22 Yogesh C. Joshi , Jayanand Maurya , Ancy Anna John , Alaxender Panchal , Santosh Joshi , Brijesh Kumar

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

This work presents the first high-precision variability survey in the field of the intermediate-age, metal--rich open cluster NGC 6253. Clusters of this type are benchmarks for stellar evolution models. Continuous photometric monitoring of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Fabrizio De Marchi , Ennio Poretti , Marco Montalto , Silvano Desidera , Giampaolo Piotto

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

We use photometric and spectroscopic observations of the detached eclipsing binaries V40 and V41 in the globular cluster NGC 6362 to derive masses, radii, and luminosities of the component stars. The orbital periods of these systems are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-04 J. Kaluzny , I. B. Thompson , A. Dotter , M. Rozyczka , A. Schwarzenberg-Czerny

Main sequence turnoff ages in young open clusters are complicated by turnoffs that are sparse, have high binarity fractions, can be affected by differential reddening, and typically include a number of peculiar stars. Furthermore, stellar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-31 Jeffrey D. Cummings , Jason S. Kalirai

We have used extensive V, I photometry (down to V=20.9) of 33615 stars in the direction of the globular cluster M55 to study the dynamical interaction of this cluster with the tidal fields of the Galaxy. An entire quadrant of the cluster…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 S. Zaggia , G. Piotto , M. Capaccioli

We present a variable star catalog of an extensive ground-based wide-field variability survey in the globular cluster omega Centauri. Using the ANU 40-inch (1m) telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, the cluster was observed with a 52'x52'…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 David T. F Weldrake , Penny D Sackett , Terry J Bridges

We use photometric and spectroscopic observations of the eclipsing binary OGLEGC-228 (V228) to derive the masses, radii, and luminosities of the component stars. Based on measured systemic velocity, proper motion and distance, the system is…

This paper is the fourth in a series presenting spectrophotometry of 51 globular cluster candidates, that were detected by Mochejska et al. in the nearby galaxy M33 using the data collected by the DIRECT project. The frames of M33 in this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jun Ma , Xu Zhou , Jiansheng Chen , Hong Wu , Xu Kong , Zhaoji Jiang , Suijian Xue , Jin Zhu

We report the results of a time-series CCD photometric survey of variable stars in the field of the open cluster NGC 2126. In about one square degree field covering the cluster, a total number of 21 variable candidates are detected during…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-22 Shun-Fang Liu , Zhen-Yu Wu , Xiao-Bin Zhang , Jiang-Hua Wu , Jun Ma , Zhao-Ji Jiang , Jian-Sheng Chen , Xu Zhou
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