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Time-series data taken with the Hubble Space Telescope of three fields covering the central part of the globular cluster M22 have been analyzed in search of variable objects. We report identification of 11 periodic variables of which 8 are…

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

Three fields covering the central part of the globular cluster Omega Cen were surveyed in a search for variable stars. We present V-band light curves for 22 periodic variables: 9 SX~Phe stars, 7 contact binaries, 5 detached or semi-detached…

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

The field of the globular cluster NGC 6362 was monitored between 1995 and 2009 in a search for variable stars. BV light curves were obtained for 69 periodic variables including 34 known RR Lyr stars, 10 known objects of other types and 25…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-01-22 J. Kaluzny , I. B. Thompson , M. Rozyczka , W. Pych , W. Narloch

We have performed a careful investigation of the 74 candidate variable stars presented by Safanova & Stalin (2011). For this purpose we used our data base of imaging and light curves from Arellano Ferro et al. (2011) and Arellano Ferro et…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 D. M. Bramich , A. Arellano Ferro , R. Figuera Jaimes , Sunetra Giridhar

Despite indications that classical cataclysmic variable (CV) stars are rare in globular clusters in general, and in the cluster NGC 6624 in particular, we have serendipitously discovered such a star ~6'' from the cluster center. A Hubble…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Eric W. Deutsch , Bruce Margon , Scott F. Anderson , Ronald A. Downes

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 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

Using the Hubble Ultraviolet Globular Cluster Survey (HUGS) and additional HST archival data, we have carried out a search for optical counterparts to the low-luminosity Chandra X-ray sources in the globular cluster M4 (NGC 6121). We have…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-28 Phyllis M. Lugger , Haldan N. Cohn , Craig O. Heinke , Jiaqi Zhao , Yue Zhao , Jay Anderson

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 variability search in the field of the young open cluster NGC 1502. Eight variable stars were discovered. Of six other stars in the observed field that were suspected for variability, we confirm variability of two,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-04 G. Michalska , A. Pigulski , M. Stęślicki , A. Narwid

We present the results of a variable stars search in the field of the old open cluster NGC 2204. Five new variables were found, four of them being eclipsing binaries. The sample includes a detached binary located at the turnoff, a W UMa -…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-25 M. Rozyczka , J. Kaluzny , W. Krzeminski , B. Mazur

We report an analysis of new $V$ and $I$ CCD time-series photometry of the globular cluster NGC 6934. Through the Fourier decomposition of the RR Lyrae light curves, the mean values of [Fe/H] and the distance of the cluster were estimated,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-04 M. A. Yepez , A. Arellano Ferro , S. Muneer , Sunetra Giridhar

We have searched for optical identifications for 39 Chandra X-ray sources that lie within the 1.9 arcmin half-mass radius of the nearby (d = 4.0 kpc), core-collapsed globular cluster, NGC 6752, using deep Hubble Space Telescope ACS/WFC…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-27 Phyllis M. Lugger , Haldan N. Cohn , Adrienne M. Cool , Craig O. Heinke , Jay Anderson

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

Three fields located close to the center of the globular cluster Omega Cen were surveyed in a search for variable stars. We present V-band light curves for 32 periodic variables. This sample includes 10 SX Phe stars, 19 eclipsing binaries,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 J. Kaluzny , M. Kubiak , M. Szymanski , A. Udalski , W. Krzeminski , M. Mateo , K. Stanek

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

Five fields located close to the center of the globular cluster NGC 104=47 Tuc were surveyed in a search for variable stars. We present V-band light curves for 42 variables. This sample includes 13 RR Lyr stars -- 12 of them belong to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 J. Kaluzny , M. Kubiak , M. Szymanski , A. Udalski , W. Krzeminski , M. Mateo , K. Stanek

We present evidence that the globular cluster NGC 6397 contains two distinct classes of centrally-concentrated UV-bright stars. Color-magnitude diagrams constructed from U, B, V, and I data obtained with the HST/WFPC2 reveal seven UV-bright…

We have obtained deep far- (FUV) and near-ultraviolet (NUV) images of the inner region of the dense globular cluster M15 with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on board the Hubble Space Telescope. The FUV-NUV colour-magnitude diagram shows a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-28 A. Dieball , C. Knigge , D. R. Zurek , M. M. Shara , K. S. Long , P. A. Charles , D. Hannikainen

We report CCD $V$ and $I$ time-series photometry of the globular cluster NGC 6333 (M9). The technique of difference image analysis has been used, which enables photometric precision better than 0.05 mag for stars brighter than $V \sim 19.0$…