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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 have applied the image subtraction method to the M3 dataset previously analyzed by Corwin & Carney (2001; CC01). The new analysis produced light curves and periods for 15 variables, bringing to 222 the total number of RR Lyrae stars in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 G. Clementini , T. M. Corwin , B. W. Carney , A. N. Sumerel

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…

We present the catalog of RR Lyrae stars discovered in a 4.5 square degrees area in the central parts of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Presented sample contains 7612 objects, including 5455 fundamental mode pulsators (RRab), 1655…

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

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…

We report the results of photometric monitoring of the Melotte 66 field in BVI filters. Ten variables were identified with nine being new discoveries. The sample includes eight eclipsing binaries of which four are W UMa type stars, one star…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 K. Zloczewski , J. Kaluzny , W. Krzeminski , A. Olech , I. B. Thompson

We report time-series photometry for 16 variable stars located in the central part of the globular cluster NGC 6752. The sample includes 13 newly identified objects. The precision of our differential photometry ranges from 1 mmag at V=14.0…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Janusz Kaluzny , Ian B. Thompson

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…

We present a new search for variable stars in the Galactic globular cluster M28 (NGC 6626). The search is based on a series of BVI images obtained with the SMARTS Consortium's 1.3m telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 G. Prieto , M. Catelan , R. Contreras Ramos , B. J. Pritzl , H. A. Smith , J. Alonso-Garcia

The field of the globular cluster M22 (NGC 6656) was monitored between 2000 and 2008 in a search for variable stars. $BV$ light curves were obtained for 359 periodic, likely periodic, and long-term variables, 238 of which are new…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-24 M. Rozyczka , I. B. Thompson , W. Pych , W. Narloch , R. Poleski , A. Schwarzenberg-Czerny

We describe and summarize the findings from our CCD time-series photometry of globular clusters (GCs) program and the use of difference image analysis (DIA) in the extraction of very precise light curves even in the crowded central regions…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-11 A. Arellano Ferro , D. M. Bramich , S. Giridhar

We report the results of CCD V and R photometry of the RR Lyrae stars in M2. The periodicities of most variables are revised and new ephemerides are calculated. Light curve decomposition of the RR Lyrae stars was carried out and the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 C. Lazaro , A. Arellano Ferro , M. J. Arevalo , D. M. Bramich , S. Giridhar , E. Poretti

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

A CCD VI imaging time-series over 11-year is employed to explore the light curves of stars in the field of Palomar 2. We discovered 20 RRab and 1 RRc variables. A revision of Gaia-DR3 data enabled us to identify 10 more variables and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-12 A. Arellano Ferro , I. Bustos Fierro , S. Muneer , S. Giridhar

We report on the discovery of a large number of RR Lyrae variable stars in the moderately metal-rich Galactic globular cluster M62 (NGC 6266), which places it among the top three most RR Lyrae-rich globular clusters known. Likely members of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Contreras , M. Catelan , H. A. Smith , B. J. Pritzl , J. Borissova

CCD observations for 10 (6 previously known and 4 newly discovered) of the 11 RR Lyrae variables in NGC 5897 have been analysed. The period-luminosity and period-amplitude plots indicate that the population of RR Lyrae variables in NGC 5897…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Christine M. Clement , Jason F. Rowe

We have obtained new CCD BV photometry of the little-studied southern Galactic globular cluster NGC 5986, including light curves of 5 of its RR Lyrae variables. The cluster's red giant branch bump is detected for the first time at V = 16.47…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 D. R. Alves , H. E. Bond , C. Onken

Results of a search for variable stars in the central region of the globular cluster M13 are presented. Prior to this study, 36 variable and suspected variable stars were known in this cluster (Osborn 2000; Clement et al. 2001). Of these…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 G. Kopacki , Z. Kolaczkowski , A. Pigulski

Based on photometric data obtained between 1935 and 2017, $O-C$ diagrams were built for 22 RR Lyrae stars in the globular cluster NGC 6171, leading to the discovery of secular period changes in 4 variables for which we have calculated their…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-13 A. Arellano Ferro , P. Rosenzweig , A. Luna , D. Deras , S. Muneer , S. Giridhar , R. Michel