The RR Lyrae Distance to the Draco Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy

Details The RR Lyrae Distance to the Draco Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy The RR Lyrae Distance to the Draco Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy

2003-10-17

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0310477v2

Astron.J.127:861-867,2004; Erratum-ibid.133:756,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

20 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables; Accepted for publication by AJ (Feb 2004). Data presented are available at http://cfa-www.har

Scientific paper

10.1086/381073 10.1086/510311

We present the first CCD variability study of the Draco dwarf spheroidal galaxy. The data were obtained with the FLWO 1.2 m telescope on 22 nights, over a period of 10 months, covering a 22 x 22 arcmin field centered at RA=17:19:57.5, Dec=57:50:05, J2000.0. The analysis of the BVI images produced 163 variable stars, 146 of which were RR Lyrae: 123 RRab, 16 RRc, 6 RRd and one RR12. The other variables include a SX Phe star, four anomalous Cepheids and a field eclipsing binary. Using the short distance scale statistical parallax calibration of Gould & Popowski and 94 RRab stars from our field, we obtain a distance modulus of (m-M)_0=19.40 +/- 0.02 (stat) +/- 0.15 (syst) mag for Draco, corresponding to a distance of 75.7 kpc +/- 0.7 (stat) +/- 5.4 (syst) kpc. By comparing the spread in magnitudes of RRab stars in B,V and I, we find no evidence for internal dust in the Draco dwarf spheroidal galaxy. The catalog of all variables, as well as their photometry and finding charts, is available electronically via anonymous ftp and the World Wide Web. The complete set of the CCD frames is available upon request.

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