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NGC 6441 is a bulge globular cluster with an unusual horizontal branch morphology and a rich population of RR Lyrae (RRL) and Type II Cepheid (T2C) variables that is unexpected for its relatively high metallicity. We present near-infrared…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-14 A. Bhardwaj , S. M. Kanbur , M. Rejkuba , M. Marconi , M. Catelan , V. Ripepi , H. P. Singh

We present new BVI photometry of the globular cluster NGC 6981 (M72), based mostly on ground-based CCD archive images. We present a new color-magnitude diagram (CMD) that reaches almost four magnitudes below the turn-off level. We performed…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-17 P. Amigo , P. B. Stetson , M. Catelan , M. Zoccali , H. A. Smith

We report time-series photometry for 55 variable stars located in the central part of the globular cluster M55. The sample includes 28 newly identified objects of which 13 are eclipsing binaries. Three of these are detached systems located…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-04 J. Kaluzny , I. B. Thompson , W. Krzeminski , K. Zloczewski

We present new BV CCD photometry, light curves, and ephemerides for 9 previously known, 29 newly detected RR Lyrae variables and one newly detected variable of an unknown type in the globular cluster M75. The photometry used for the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 T. M. Corwin , M. Catelan , H. A. Smith , J. Borissova , F. R. Ferraro , W. S. Raburn

We report an analysis of new $V$ and $I$ CCD time-series photometry of the distant globular cluster NGC 6229. The principal aims were to explore the field of the cluster in search of new variables, and to Fourier decompose the RR Lyrae…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-15 A. Arellano Ferro , P. E. Mancera Piña , D. M. Bramich , S. Giridhar , J. A. Ahumada , N. Kains , K. Kuppuswamy

We report the mean metallicity and absolute magnitude of RR Lyrae stars in a sample of 37 globular clusters, calculated via the Fourier decomposition of their light curves and ad hoc semiempirical calibrations, in an unprecedented…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-12 A. Arellano Ferro

New time-series VI CCD photometry of the globular cluster NGC 6362 is studied with the aim of estimating the reddening, mean metallicity and distance of the cluster from its population of RR Lyrae stars. The Fourier decomposition of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-13 A. Arellano Ferro , J. A. Ahumada , I. H. Bustos Fierro , J. H. Calderón , N. I. Morrell

V-band time-series CCD photometric observations of the intermediate-age open cluster M11 were performed to search for variable stars. Using these time-series data, we carefully examined light variations of all stars in the observing field.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. -R. Koo , S. -L. Kim , S. -C. Rey , C. -U. Lee , Y. H. Kim , Y. B. Kang , Y. -B. Jeon

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

Photographic plates of the globular cluster M10 (NGC 6254) that were recorded at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory between 1931 and 1934 have been digitized with a commercial scanner. The plates have numerous cosmetic issues, and the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-08 T. J. Davidge

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

We report on an ambitious multi-site campaign aimed at detecting stellar variability, particularly solar-like oscillations, in the red giant stars in the open cluster M67 (NGC 2682). During the six-week observing run, which comprised 164…

This is the first in a series of papers studying the variable stars in Large Magellanic Cloud globular clusters. The primary goal of this series is to better understand how the RR Lyrae stars in Oosterhoff-intermediate systems compare to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Charles A. Kuehn , Horace A. Smith , Márcio Catelan , Barton J. Pritzl , Nathan De Lee , Jura Borissova

We have calculated the physical parameters of the RR Lyrae stars in the globular cluster NGC~4147 via the Fourier decomposition of their light curves, using new data and well-established semi-empirical calibrations and zero points. The mean…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-15 A. Arellano Ferro , F. C. Rojas Galindo , S. Muneer , Sunetra Giridhar

We present the results of a photometric search for variable stars in the core of the Galactic globular cluster M4. The input data are a large and unprecedented set of deep Hubble Space Telescope WFC3 images (large program GO-12911; 120…

We present optical and near-infrared UBVRIJHK photometry of stars in the Galactic globular cluster M4 (NGC 6121) based upon a large corpus of observations obtained mainly from public astronomical archives. We concentrate on the RR Lyrae…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 P. B. Stetson , V. F. Braga , M. Dall'Ora , G. Bono , R. Buonanno , I. Ferraro , G. Iannicola , M. Marengo , J. Neeley

We present the results of a commissioning campaign to observe Galactic globular clusters for the search of microlensing events. The central 10' X 10' region of the globular cluster NGC 5024 was monitored using the 2-m Himalayan Chandra…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-28 M. Safonova , C. S. Stalin

This is the second in a series of papers studying the variable stars in Large Magellanic Cloud globular clusters. The primary goal of this series is to study how RR Lyrae stars in Oosterhoff-intermediate systems compare to their…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Charles A. Kuehn , Horace A. Smith , Marcio Catelan , Barton J. Pritzl , Nathan De Lee , Jura Borissova

M55 (NGC 6809) and NGC 6362 are among the few globular clusters for which masses and radii have been derived to high precision for member binary stars. They also contain RR Lyrae variables which, together with their non-variable…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-08 Don A. VandenBerg , Pavel A. Denissenkov

We present results of a photometric survey for variable stars in the field of the globular cluster Omega Centauri. The observed region was centered roughly on the cluster core and covered 644 arcmin^2. The cluster was monitored on 59 nights…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. Kaluzny , A. Olech , I. B. Thompson , W. Pych , W. Krzeminski , A. Schwarzenberg-Czerny