Variable Stars in the Open Cluster NGC 2099 (M37)

Details Variable Stars in the Open Cluster NGC 2099 (M37) Variable Stars in the Open Cluster NGC 2099 (M37)

2007-02-26

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0702675v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

26 pages, 9 figures, 4 tables, accepted for publication in PASP

Scientific paper

10.1086/513883

Time-series CCD photometric observations of the intermediate-age open cluster NGC 2099 were performed to search for variable stars. We also carried out BV photometry to study physical properties of variables in the cluster. Using V-band time-series data, we carefully examined light variations of about 12,000 stars in the range of 10 < V < 22 mag. A total of 24 variable stars have been identified; seven stars are previously known variables and 17 stars are newly identified. On the basis of observational properties such as light curve shape, period, and amplitude, we classified the new variable stars as nine delta Scuti-type pulsating stars, seven eclipsing binaries, and one peculiar variable star. Judging from the position of delta Scuti-type stars in the color-magnitude diagram, only two stars are likely to have the cluster membership. One new variable KV10 shows peculiar light variations with a delta Scuti-type short period of about 0.044 day as well as a long period of 0.417 day.

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