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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

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 report BV(RI)c CCD photometric data for a group of seven Cepheid variables in the young, rich cluster NGC 1866 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The photometry was obtained as part of a program to determine accurate distances to these…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 W. P. Gieren , M. Gomez , J. Storm , T. J. Moffett , L. Infante , T. G. Barnes , D. Geisler , P. Fouque

This is the third in a series of papers studying the variable stars in old globular clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The primary goal of this series is to look at how the characteristics and behavior of RR Lyrae stars in…

[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…

We present the results of our search for variable stars using the long-term Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) monitoring of white dwarf ZTF J0139+5245 with the two 1.0-m telescope nodes located at McDonald Observatory using the Sinistro imaging…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-29 Aniket Sanghi , Zachary P. Vanderbosch , Michael H. Montgomery

We present the detection of a variable star with an $18.05$ minute period in far-ultraviolet (FUV) images of the globular cluster NGC 1851 taken with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). A candidate optical counterpart lies on the red…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-25 D. R. Zurek , C. Knigge , T. J. Maccarone , D. Pooley , A. Dieball , K. S. Long , M. Shara , A. Sarajedini

We have performed a photometric V, R, I CCD time-series analysis with a baseline of ~8 years of the outer-halo globular cluster NGC 7492 with the aim of searching for new variables and using these (and the previously known variables) to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 R. Figuera Jaimes , A. Arellano Ferro , D. M. Bramich , Sunetra Giridhar , K. Kuppuswamy

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

The first variable star catalogue in a giant elliptical galaxy NGC 5128 (Centaurus A) is presented. Using multi-epoch observations with ISAAC at the VLT we have detected 1504 red variables in two halo fields covering 10.46 arcmin square.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Rejkuba , D. Minniti , D. R. Silva

We report the detection of 1143 variable stars towards the Galactic bulge, including 320 previously uncatalogued variables, using time-series photometry extracted from data obtained with the VIMOS imager at the Very Large Telescope.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-31 N. Kains , A. Calamida , M. Rejkuba , A. Bhardwaj , L. Inno , K. C. Sahu , M. Zoccali , G. Bono , F. Surot , J. Anderson , S. Casertano

Variable stars in the compact elliptical galaxy M32 are identified, using three epochs of photometry from the Spitzer Space Telescope at 3.6 and 4.5 $\mu$m, separated by 32 to 381 days. We present a high-fidelity catalogue of sources…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-14 O. C. Jones , C. Nally , M. J. Sharp , I. McDonald , M. L. Boyer , M. Meixner , F. Kemper , A. M. N. Ferguson , S. R. Goldman , R. M. Rich

We present the results of a photometric survey for variable stars in the field of the nearby globular cluster NGC 6752. The cluster was monitored in 1996 and 1997 for a total of 54 hours with 3 different CCD cameras mounted on the 1.0-m…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Ian B. Thompson , Janusz Kaluzny , Wojtek Pych , Wojtek Krzeminski

Messier 15 (NGC 7078) is an old and metal-poor post core-collapse globular cluster which hosts a rich population of variable stars. We report new optical ($gi$) and near-infrared (NIR, $JK_s$) multi-epoch observations for 129 RR Lyrae, 4…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-24 Anupam Bhardwaj , Marina Rejkuba , G. C. Sloan , Marcella Marconi , Soung-Chul Yang

Based on high-resolution near-infrared photometric data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) targeting the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), this study attempts to evaluate the feasibility and sensitivity limits of variable star detection…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-30 Jiyu Wang , Xiaodian Chen , Jianxing Zhang , Ziming Yan , Shu Wang , Licai Deng

Long-period variables are bright, evolved red giant stars showing periodic photometric changes due to stellar pulsation. They follow one or more period-luminosity and period-age relations, which make them highly promising distance…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-20 Michele Trabucchi

We report spectroscopic observations of seven bright southern cataclysmic variable stars, collected on a single two-week observing run using the 1.9-m Radcliffe telescope at the South African Astronomical Observatory. We used radial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-18 John R. Thorstensen , Chase K. Alvarado-Anderson , Abigail D. Burrows , Rowan M. Goebel-Bain , David C. Katz

We have analyzed archival HST/WFPC2 time-series data of the central parts of globular clusters M13, M30 and NGC 6712 in search of variable objects. Among a total of 21 identified variables there are 15 new discoveries. The sample includes…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Pawel Pietrukowicz , Janusz Kaluzny

We are conducting a long-term photometric survey of the nearby galaxy M33 to discover Cepheids, eclipsing binaries, and long-period variables. The dataset combines previously-obtained optical images from the DIRECT project with new…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Anne Pellerin , Lucas M. Macri , Andrew K. Bradshaw , Krzysztof Z. Stanek

We extract light curves for 4554 objects with $9<G<19$ in the K2 superstamp observations of the globular cluster M4, including 3784 cluster members, and search for variability. Among cluster member objects, we detect 66 variables, of which…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-25 Joshua J. Wallace , Joel D. Hartman , Gaspar A. Bakos , Waqas Bhatti
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