Time-resolved CCD photometry of an ensemble of stars in the open cluster M67

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Charge Coupled Devices, Open Clusters, Stellar Spectrophotometry, Astronomical Observatories, Blue Stars, Main Sequence Stars, Stellar Orbits, Stellar Oscillations, Time Series Analysis

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Stars in the central region of the old open cluster M67 were monitored for stability using CCD, time-resolved photometry. Five sites with 1 m class telescopes participated in an intensive monitoring effort, yielding contiguous 14 night coverage with 1 min temporal resolution. Noise levels to 0.0008 mag variation relative to an ensemble mean were attained at 13th mag over 9 hr time series. Limits to detection of coherent oscillations with periods of 3-20 min, assuming a solarlike spectrum of frequencies, are 100 micromag (30 times solar amplitude) for the best cases. Evidence suggestive of p-mode oscillations is shown for a few stars, but an unambiguous detection is not claimed. Serendipitous detection was made of two new W UMa stars in M67, two oscillating blue stragglers (with multiple modes) a likely AM Her cataclysmic variable with a 2.091 hr period, and several stars with low-amplitude intensity changes over timescales of 1-10 days, that presumably result from rotation or orbital motion.

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