New Variable Stars in CMa Globular Cluster Candidates

Details New Variable Stars in CMa Globular Cluster Candidates New Variable Stars in CMa Globular Cluster Candidates

2011-05-04

arxiv.org/abs/1105.0896v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

To appear in the Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series, Volume 5

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We present the preliminary results of an image-subtraction analysis of the Galactic globular cluster M79 (NGC 1904), as well as a new investigation of the variable star population in NGC 1851. Both M79 and NGC 1851 have been previously associated with the Canis Major overdensity, which has been suggested to have an extragalactic origin. We found 6 new RR Lyrae in M79, and also recovered 3 previously known RR Lyrae. The average period of the 5 ab-type RR Lyrae is 0.68 ~ d, corresponding to an Oosterhoff II classification -- which is unusual, though not unprecedented, for systems of extragalactic origin. We also report on the discovery of at least 4 previously unknown variables in NGC 1851.

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