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We present the results of a search for variable stars in a 26x39 arcmin^2 field around globular cluster M79 (NGC1904). The search was made by means of an extended version of image subtraction, which allows to analyze in a uniform manner CCD…

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Using an image subtraction method we have searched for variable stars in the globular cluster M14. We confirmed 62 previously known catalogued variables. In addition to the previoulsy known variables we have identified 71 new variables. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-05-15 Kyle E. Conroy , Andrew N. Darragh , Zheyu J. Liu , Brian W. Murphy

We present the analysis of 11 nights of V and I time-series observations of the globular cluster NGC 1904 (M 79). Using this we searched for variable stars in this cluster and attempted to refine the periods of known variables, making use…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 N. Kains , D. M. Bramich , R. Figuera Jaimes , A. Arellano Ferro , S. Giridhar , K. Kuppuswamy

We present BV photometry for 54 variables in the metal-rich inner halo globular cluster NGC6723. With the discovery of new RR Lyrae variables (RRLs), we obtain <P_ab> = 0.541 +/- 0.066 and <P_c> = 0.292 +/- 0.030 day, n(c)/n(ab+c) = 0.167,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-17 Jae-Woo Lee , Mercedes Lopez-Morales , Kyeong-Soo Hong , Young-Woon Kang , Brian L. Pohl , Alistair Walker

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

Time-series \emph{VI} CCD photometry of the globular cluster NGC 1261 is employed to study its variable star population. A membership analysis of most variables based on Gaia~DR2 proper motions and colours, was performed prior to the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-09 A. Arellano Ferro , I. H. Bustos Fierro , J. H. Calderón , J. A. Ahumada

(Abridged) We present CCD BVI photometry of 85 variable stars from the field of the globular cluster NGC 6934. The photometry was obtained with the image subtraction package ISIS. 35 variables are new identifications: 24 RRab stars, 5 RRc…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 J. Kaluzny , A. Olech , K. Z. Stanek

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

We present V-band CCD photometry of 65 RR Lyr variables from the globular cluster M5. We have estimated the basic physical parameters for 16 RRc stars and 26 RRab stars using a Fourier decomposition of the light curves of the variables. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Kaluzny , A. Olech , I. Thompson , W. Pych , W. Krzeminski , A. Schwarzenberg-Czerny

We present the commissioning results and first scientific observations from the newly installed TWIST observatory - a 50 cm telescope equipped with an sCMOS camera providing a $36.1\times24.1$ arcmin$^2$ field of view - housed in the former…

Using the Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy 0.6 meter telescope located at Cerro Tololo, we searched for variable stars in the southern globular cluster NGC 6584. We obtained images during 8 nights between 28 May and 6 July…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-17 Joseph M. Toddy , Elliott W. Johnson , Andrew N. Darragh , Brian W. Murphy

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 study the variable star content of the globular cluster M53 to compute the physical parameters of the constituting stars and the distance of the cluster. Covering two adjacent seasons in 2007 and 2008, new photometric data are gathered…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Istvan Dekany , Geza Kovacs

M71 is a nearby, metal-rich globular cluster at low Galactic latitude, where field contamination and spatially variable extinction complicate colour-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) and the identification of cluster member variable stars. Our aims…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-13 C. C. Cortés , D. Deras , A. Arellano Ferro , S. Muneer , I. H. Bustos Fierro

We made a survey of the variable stars in a $13.2 \times 13.2$ arcmin$^2$ centered on the field of the Galactic bulge cluster NGC 6558. A total of 78 variables was found in the field of the cluster. Many of these variables are included in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-02 A. Arellano Ferro , L. J. Zerpa Guillen , M. A. Yepez , I. H. Bustos Fierro , Z. Prudil , C. E. Pérez Parra

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

New CCD photometry of NGC 6366 has lead to the discovery of some variable stars. Two possible Anomalous Cepheids (or Pop II Cepheids), three long period variables, one SX Phe and one eclipsing binary have been found. Also a list of 10…

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

The first calibrated broadband BVI time-series photometry is presented for the variable stars in NGC 2808, with observations spanning a range of twenty-eight years. We have also redetermined the variability types and periods for the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Andrea Kunder , Peter B. Stetson , Marcio Catelan , Alistair R. Walker , Pia Amigo

We show the benefits of using Electron-Multiplying CCDs and the shift-and-add technique as a tool to minimise the effects of the atmospheric turbulence such as blending between stars in crowded fields and to avoid saturated stars in the…