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We present the results of a search for variable stars in the globular cluster NGC 5286, which has recently been suggested to be associated with the Canis Major dwarf spheroidal galaxy. 57 variable stars were detected, only 19 of which had…

Terzan 5 is a rich globular cluster within the galactic bulge that contains 39 known millisecond pulsars, the largest known population of any globular cluster. The Terzan 5 pulsars are faint, so that individual observations of most of the…

We report a Chandra ACIS-I observation of the dense globular cluster Terzan 5. The previously known transient low-mass x-ray binary (LMXB) EXO 1745-248 in the cluster entered a rare high state during our August 2000 observation,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 C. O. Heinke , P. D. Edmonds , J. E. Grindlay , D. A. Lloyd , H. N. Cohn , P. M. Lugger

A large number of pulsars and X-rays sources are detected in globular clusters. To understand the structure and content of these clusters, accurate distances are required. We derive the distances of Terzan 5, Liller 1 and UKS 1 using as a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Ortolani , B. Barbuy , E. Bica , M. Zoccali , A. Renzini

We present a search for long-period variable (LPV) stars among giant branch stars in M15 which, at [Fe/H] ~ -2.3, is one of the most metal-poor Galactic globular clusters. We use multi-colour optical photometry from the 0.6-m Keele Thornton…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Iain McDonald , Jacco Th. van Loon , Andrea K. Dupree , Martha L. Boyer

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 analyze photometry, spectra, and variability of over 100 faint X-ray sources in the globular cluster Terzan 5, using 737 ks of Chandra data. X-ray colors and spectral fitting allow clear separation of foreground sources (with less…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-05 Gourav Kumawat , Craig O. Heinke , Jiaqi Zhao , Arash Bahramian , Haldan N. Cohn , Phyllis M. Lugger

We report our analysis of a Chandra X-ray observation of the rich globular cluster Terzan 5, in which we detect 50 sources to a limiting 1.0-6 keV X-ray luminosity of 3*10^{31} ergs/s within the half-mass radius of the cluster. Thirty-three…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 C. O. Heinke , R. Wijnands , H. N. Cohn , P. M. Lugger , J. E. Grindlay , D. Pooley , W. H. G. Lewin

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

We have analyzed Chandra and Suzaku observations of the globular cluster Terzan 6, made when the recurrent transient GRS 1747-312 was in quiescence. Our analysis reveals the presence of a second eclipsing, bursting neutron-star low-mass…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-21 Maureen van den Berg , Jeroen Homan , Craig O. Heinke , David A. Pooley , Rudy Wijnands , Arash Bahramian , James C. A. Miller-Jones

We present new time-series CCD \emph{VR} photometry of the globular cluster NGC 5634. We aim to use the known RR Lyrae stars, members of the cluster, as indicators of mean metallicity and distance. Accurate coordinates, periods and an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-21 A. Arellano Ferro , R. Michel , M. A. Yepez , S. Muneer , I. Bustos Fierro , Z. Prudil

The James Webb Space Telescope provides an exciting opportunity to investigate stellar systems located in heavily obscured regions like the Galactic bulge. Possibly, the most enigmatic among them is Terzan 5: long classified as a globular…

Globular star clusters are compact and massive stellar systems old enough to have witnessed the entire history of our Galaxy, the Milky Way. Although recent results suggest that their formation may have been more complex than previously…

We present VI-band photometry for stars in the metal-rich globular cluster NGC 6496. Our time-series data were cadenced to search for long period variables (LPVs) over a span of nearly two years, and our variability search yielded the…

Based on a search of the literature up to May 2001, the number of known variable stars in Galactic globular clusters is approximately 3000. Of these, more than 2200 have known periods and the majority (approximately 1800) are of the RR…

Globular clusters are old stellar systems which exhibit very-high stellar densities in their cores. The globular cluster Terzan 5 is characterized by a high stellar encounter rate and hosts the largest detected population of millisecond…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 W. Domainko , A. -C. Clapson , F. Brun , P. Eger , M. Jamrozy , M. Dyrda , N. Komin , U. Schwanke

We used near-infrared spectroscopy at medium-high resolution (R=8,000$-$25,000) to perform the first comprehensive chemical study of the intermediate luminosity bulge globular cluster Terzan~6. We derived detailed abundances and abundance…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-06-12 C. Fanelli , L. Origlia , A. Mucciarelli , F. R. Ferraro , R. M. Rich , B. Lanzoni , D. Massari , C. Pallanca , E. Dalessandro , M. Loriga

Owing to its massive, dense core, Terzan 5 has the richest population of millisecond pulsars known among Galactic globular clusters. Here we report new deep $2-8\,$GHz radio continuum observations of Terzan\,5 obtained with the Karl G.…

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 report the discovery of a sizeable, previously unknown variable star population in the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal globular clusters NGC 5634, Arp 2 and Terzan 8. Location, preliminary pulsation periods and B-band light curves in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Salinas , M. Catelan , H. A. Smith , B. J. Pritzl , J. Borissova