J/AJ/110/1186 SX Phe stars in NGC 5053 (Nemec+ 1995)
SX Phoenecis stars in the extremely metal-poor globular cluster NGC 5053
Nemec J.M., Mateo M., Burke M., Olszewski E.W.
<Astron. J. 110, 1186 (1995)>
=1995AJ....110.1186N 1995AJ....110.1186N
ADC_Keywords: Clusters, globular ; Stars, blue ; Stars, variable ;
Photometry, CCD
Abstract:
The results of a major search for photometrically variable blue
straggler stars (BSs) in the extremely metal-poor globular cluster NGC
5053 are presented. The survey is based on photometry of over 200 CCD
frames (BVI passbands) taken on 18 nights between 1985 and 1994. Five
of the 16 BSs monitored for variability are identified as SX Phe stars
and their photometric characteristics derived. These five stars are
among the shortest-period (49<P<57min), lowest luminosity
(3.0≲M_V≲3.3mag), smallest amplitude (0.08≲A_V≲0.25mag) SX Phe
stars presently known. Their colors and locations in both B and V
period-luminosity (P-L) diagrams suggest that four of the stars (blue
stragglers 11, 13, 14, and 15 in the Nemec & Cohen 1989 catalog
(1989ApJ...336..780N 1989ApJ...336..780N) are fundamental-mode pulsators, while the fifth
and bluest star, No. 7, appears to be a first-overtone pulsator. One
of the stars, No. 11, exhibits cycle-to-cycle light variations that
are consistent with multimode pulsations; however, not enough
photometric information is available to derive its secondary pulsation
period. Masses for the stars, estimated directly from the general
equation of stellar pulsation and relative to the RR Lyrae stars,
range from 0.53M☉ (NC7) to 1.8M☉ (NC13). The SX Phe stars
are used to derive improved P-L-[Fe/H] relations for SX Phe stars,
from which a revised distance modulus of (m-M)0=16.06 is obtained for
NGC 5053.
Objects:
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RA (2000) DE Designation(s)
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13 16 26.9 +17 41 52 NGC 5053 = C 1313+179
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File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table3.dat 69 69 Photometry of the SKJ standard stars
table4.dat 52 26 Mean B,V photometry of the blue stragglers
table5.dat 35 25 Summary of the blue straggler monitoring
table6.dat 43 72 Photometry of blue straggler 10 in NGC 5053
table7.dat 43 33 Photometry of blue straggler 12 in NGC 5053
table8.dat 43 31 Photometry of blue straggler 19 in NGC 5053
table9.dat 43 35 Photometry of blue straggler 21 in NGC 5053
table10.dat 43 21 Photometry of blue straggler 23 in NGC 5053
table11.dat 43 74 Photometry of blue straggler 25 in NGC 5053
table12.dat 43 49 *Photometry of blue straggler 7 in NGC 5053
table13.dat 43 42 Photometry of blue straggler 11 in NGC 5053
table14.dat 43 209 Photometry of blue straggler 13 in NGC 5053
table15.dat 43 41 Photometry of blue straggler 14 in NGC 5053
table16.dat 43 35 Photometry of blue straggler 15 in NGC 5053
table17.dat 70 29 *Properties of the five SX Phe stars in NGC 5053
table18.dat 43 18 Derived log (P)-m0 (M15) relations
tables.tex 164 1707 TeX version of all tables
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Note on table12.dat: All the B magnitudes from N17 were calculated from
I magnitudes through a V-I,B-V transformation.
Note on table17.dat: The following general assumptions were made:
Mbol(Sun)=+4.76; [Fe/H]=2.41dex for every star in NGC 5053;
E(B-V)=0.06, A_V=3.1xE(B-V)=0.19, A_B=4.1xE(B-V)=0.25;
Note that the periods given by NNL for the SX Phe stars were
preliminary estimates and differ slightly from those reported here.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 3 A3 --- Star Star name from Sandage et al.
(1977AJ.....82..389S 1977AJ.....82..389S)
6- 8 A3 --- Type Type of star (1)
10- 15 F6.2 mag BmagSKJ SKJ B magnitude (2)
17- 22 F6.2 mag Bmag Mean B magnitude derived by authors
24- 27 F4.2 mag e_Bmag Std dev in B for all nights
29- 30 I2 --- o_Bmag Number of B frames star measured on
32 I1 --- n_Bmag Number of nights B measurements made
34- 39 F6.2 mag VmagSKJ SKJ V magnitude
41- 46 F6.2 mag Vmag Mean V magnitude derived by authors
48- 51 F4.2 mag e_Vmag Std dev in V for all nights
53- 55 I3 --- o_Vmag Number of V frames star measured on
57- 57 I1 --- n_Vmag Number of nights V measurements made
59- 63 F5.2 mag B-V(SKJ) SKJ B-V color
65- 69 F5.2 mag B-V Mean B-V color
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Note (1): Type: rgb = red giant branch; bhb = blue horizontal branch;
rhb = red horizontal branch; agb = asymptotic giant branch.
Note (2): SKJ = Sandage, Katem & Johnson (1977AJ.....82..389S 1977AJ.....82..389S)
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table4.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 2 I2 --- Star Star number from Nemec and Cohen catalog
(1989ApJ...336..780N 1989ApJ...336..780N)
3 A1 --- f_Star [v] Indicates photometric variability
5- 10 F6.2 mag Vmag Derived mean V magnitude
12- 15 F4.2 mag e_Vmag Std dev in V magnitude
17- 19 I3 --- o_Vmag Number of V frames star measured on
21- 22 I2 --- n_Vmag Number of nights V measurements made
24- 29 F6.2 mag Bmag Derived mean B magnitude
31- 34 F4.2 mag e_Bmag Std dev in Bmag
36- 38 I3 --- o_Bmag Number of B frames star measured on
40- 41 I2 --- n_Bmag Number of nights B measurements made
43- 47 F5.2 mag B-V B-V color
49- 52 F4.2 mag e_B-V B-V error
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table5.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 2 I2 --- Star Star number
4- 9 F6.2 mag Vmag Derived mean V magnitude
11- 15 F5.2 mag B-V B-V color
16 A1 --- u_B-V B-V uncertainty flag
19- 27 A9 --- Behave Photometric behavior, e.g. "constant"
30- 35 A6 --- Confid Confidence rating, e.g. "high"
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table[6-9].dat table1[0-6].dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 2 I2 --- Night Night number
4- 13 F10.4 d HJD-2440000 HJD (epoch 2440000) of observation
15- 21 F7.3 mag Vmag ? V magnitude
23- 28 F6.3 mag e_Vmag ? V magnitude error
30- 36 F7.3 mag Bmag ? B magnitude
38- 43 F6.3 mag e_Bmag ? B error
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table17.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 22 A22 --- Property Property of SX Phe star
25- 34 A10 --- NC7 Value of property for NC7
35- 44 A10 --- NC11 Value of property for NC11
45- 54 A10 --- NC13 Value of property for NC13
55- 64 A10 --- NC14 Value of property for NC14
65- 74 A10 --- NC15 Value of property for NC15
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table18.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1 A1 --- Band [BVK] Passband (1)
4- 16 A13 --- Type Type of variable star
19 A1 --- Mode [FH] Pulsation mode (2)
21- 24 I4 --- Num Number of stars
26- 31 F6.2 --- Int Intercept
33- 38 F6.2 --- Slope []? Slope
40- 43 F4.2 --- e_Slope []? Slope standard error
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Note (1): B Passband: r2 = 99.71, RMS-error=0.14 (r: regression coefficient)
V Passband: r2 = 99.67, RMS-error=0.14
K Passband: r2 = 99.75, RMS-error=0.07
Note (2): F = Fundamental; H = First overtone
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Table1: Telescopes and CCD cameras
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Night Tel Obs Focal CCD Frame Pixel Scale Grain RON
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
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1-3 CFH HC f/4.0 RCA1 320512 30 0.41 28.6 75.
4-5 P60 NS f/8.7 RCA3 320512 30 1.29 6.0 30.
6-7 CFH NR f/4.0 RCA2 6401024 15 0.20 11.6 51.
8 P60 N f/4.3 RCA3 320512 30 0.47 6.0 30.
9-11 P60 S f/8.7 RCA3 320512 30 1.29 6.0 30.
12 P60 M f/4.3 TI4 800800 15 0.47 2.0 9.
13-15 S90 MO f/9 TI2 800800 15 0.15 2.6 7.3
16 P60 M f/4.3 TI4 800800 15 0.47 2.0 9.
17 P60 M f/4.3 Tek 10241024 24 0.38 2.4 5.5
18 DAO N f/5 SITe-1 10241024 25 0.55 4.7 13.
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Notes: (1) See Table 2 for the dates that correspond to these night numbers.
(2) CFH - Canada-France-Hawaii 3.6m
P60 - Palomar 1.5m (60 in.)
S90 - Steward Observatory 2.3m (90 in.)
DAO - Dominion Astrophysical Observatory 1.8m (72 in.)
(3) C = Christian C., H = Heasley J., M = Mateo M., N = Nemec J.,
O = Olszewski E., R = Richer H., S = Schombert J.
(4) See Boroson, Thompson & Shectman (1983, AJ, 88, 1707) for a
discussion of the P60, f/8.7 re-imaging optics.
(5) On Night 12 the raw data were binned 2x2 at the telescope. On
Night 16 the raw data were binned 2x2 using post-processing software
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Table2: Summary of CCD observations
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Night Date HJD Num Blue straggler RR Lyr
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
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1 1985 Feb 19/20 6117.13-.17 2B, 1V 1-3,13,17,24,25 4
2 1985 Feb 20/21 6118.12-.16 3B, 3V 1-3,13,17,24,25 4
3 1985 Feb 21/22 6119.09-.14 6B, 5V 1-3,13,17,24,25 4
4 1986 Jun 5/6 6587.80-.86 3B, 3V 12,14-16,20,21 1,2,7
5 1986 Jun 6/7 6588.76-.82 3B, 3V 12,14-16,20,21 1,2,7
6 1987 Apr 28/29 6914.99-.02 5V 1-4,7,13,22,23,25,26 8,10
7 1987 Apr 29/30 6915.81-.90 4B, 6V 10,14,21,25 2
8 1987 May 22/23 6938.68-.88 14V 1-11,13,25 10
9 1987 Jun 23/24 6970.68-.82 3B, 3V 1,2,4-7,11,17,19,22,23,24 3-6,8,10
3B, 3V 2,3,6,8-16,18,21,24,25 1,2,4,7
10 1987 Jun 24/25 6971.68-.79 2B, 2V 1,2,4,5,7,17,19,22,23 3-6,8,10
2B, 2V 2,3,6,8-16,18,21,24,25 1,2,4,7
11 1987 Jun 25/26 6972.69-.76 3B, 2V 1,2,4,5,7,17,19,22,23 3-6,8,10
2B, 2V 2,3,6,8-16,18,21,24,25 1,2,4,7
12 1988 Feb 15/16 7207.93-.07 1B,31V 1-4,7,10,13,17,24,25,26 4,10
13 1988 Feb 26/27 7218.79-.05 46V 1-4,13 none
14 1988 Feb 27/28 7219.79-.02 58V 1-4,13 none
15 1988 Feb 28/29 7220.78-.83 11V 1-4,13 none
16 1988 Mar 8/9 7229.79-.83 8V 1-5,10,13,17,25 10
17 1991 Jun 8/9 8416.67-.80 1I,15V 1-7,10-15,17,19,21-26 3,4,6-8,10
18 1994 Apr 9/10 9452.74-.03 23B,29V none 1-4,6-10
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Notes: (1) On Nights 9-11, CCD frames were taken of the East and West sides
of the cluster, with some overlap; these are summarized on the
upper and lower rows, respectively.
(2) Range in HJD (epoch 2440000) of CCD frame
(3) Number of B and V frames (nnB, nnV)
(4) List of blue stragglers monitored
(5) List of RR Lyrae monitored
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References:
Nemec & Cohen 1989 catalog, 1989ApJ...336..780N 1989ApJ...336..780N
Origin: AAS CD-ROM series, Volume 5, 1995 Lee Brotzman [ADS] 30-Oct-1995
(End) [CDS] 10-Jan-1996