Variable stars in the Open Cluster M11 (NGC 6705)

Details Variable stars in the Open Cluster M11 (NGC 6705) Variable stars in the Open Cluster M11 (NGC 6705)

2007-09-08

arxiv.org/abs/0709.1180v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

23 pages, 9 figures, 3 tables, and accepted for publication in PASP

Scientific paper

10.1086/523113

V-band time-series CCD photometric observations of the intermediate-age open cluster M11 were performed to search for variable stars. Using these time-series data, we carefully examined light variations of all stars in the observing field. A total of 82 variable stars were discovered, of which 39 stars had been detected recently by Hargis et al. (2005). On the basis of observational properties such as variable period, light curve shape, and position on a color-magnitude diagram, we classified their variable types as 11 delta Scuti-type pulsating stars, 2 gamma Doradus-type pulsating stars, 40 W UMa-type contact eclipsing binaries, 13 Algol-type detached eclipsing binaries, and 16 eclipsing binaries with long period. Cluster membership for each variable star was deduced from the previous proper motion results (McNamara et al. 1977) and position on the color-magnitude diagram. Many pulsating stars and eclipsing binaries in the region of M11 are probable members of the cluster.

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