J/PASP/121/1378 Positions of variable stars in globular clusters (Samus+, 2009)
A catalog of accurate equatorial coordinates for variable stars in
globular clusters.
Samus N.N., Kazarovets E.V., Pastukhova E.N., Tsvetkova T.M.,
Durlevich O.V.
<Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 121, 1378-1385 (2009)>
=2009PASP..121.1378S 2009PASP..121.1378S
ADC_Keywords: Clusters, globular ; Stars, variable
Abstract:
We have compiled a catalog of equatorial coordinates for 3398 variable
stars in those 103 globular clusters that, according to the most
recent update of the Catalogue of Variable Stars in Globular Clusters
(CVSGC) available in 2008 June (essentially that of 2002, with some
more recent additions), had known variable stars. Our catalog is in
the electronic attachment to this article. We found that 216 stars are
also contained in the General Catalogue of Variable Stars (GCVS) or in
the New Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars (with Supplement); most
of these identifications were not previously recognized. We also
detected a number of previously unknown cross-identifications among
stars of the CVSGC. Our results allow us to initiate compilation of
name lists in order to add to the GCVS those stars from the CVSGC that
satisfy GCVS naming criteria.
Description:
For the list of objects, we downloaded the most recent update of the
Catalogue of Variable Stars in Globular Clusters (CVSGC) available in
2008 June. This was essentially the version of 2002, with more recent
additions for a small number of clusters. Note that this version is no
longer accessible; currently (2009 September), a new revision is
partially posted.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table1.dat 39 216 Globular-cluster variable stars in the GCVS
and NSV catalogues
table2.dat 183 3414 Catalogue of accurate equatorial coordinates for
variable stars in globular clusters
notes.dat 77 20 Individual notes on clusters
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See also:
B/gcvs : General Catalogue of Variable Stars (Samus+ 2007-2010)
V/97 : Updated 3rd Cat Variable Stars in Globular Clusters (Clement+ 1997)
II/140 : New Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars (Kukarkin+, 1982)
II/246 : 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003)
I/284 : The USNO-B1.0 Catalog (Monet+ 2003)
I/305 : The Guide Star Catalog, Version 2.3.2 (GSC2.3) (STScI, 2006)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 8 A8 --- Cluster Cluster name
14 A1 --- n_Var [*] * for GCVS identification given in the
CVSGC (Cat. V/97)
15- 19 A5 --- Var Variable name (VNNN or Nova) within the cluster
21- 29 A9 --- OName GCVS or NVS name
31- 39 A9 --- OName2 Other GCVS name
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 8 A8 --- Cluster Cluster name
10- 14 A5 --- Var Variable name (VNNNa) within the cluster (1)
17- 18 I2 h RAh Right ascension (J2000)
20- 21 I2 min RAm Right ascension (J2000)
23- 27 F5.2 s RAs Right ascension (J2000)
29 A1 --- DE- Declination sign (J2000)
30- 31 I2 deg DEd Declination (J2000)
33- 34 I2 arcmin DEm Declination (J2000)
36- 39 F4.1 arcsec DEs Declination (J2000)
41- 48 F8.3 yr Epoch ? Epoch of the coordinates
50- 56 A7 --- r_pos Source of the coordinates
58- 66 A9 --- OName GCVS or NSV name
67 A1 --- n_OName [*] * indicates name in CVSGC (Cat. V/97)
69-183 A115 --- Com Comments
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Note (1): Variable name in the form VNNNa, expect for
NGC 6656 KT-NN, NGC 6656 NN-NN, NGC 6656 CV1, NGC 6712 KC460,
NGC 6093 Nova, NGC 6402 Nova, NGC 6553 Nova and NGC 6864 SN.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: notes.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 8 A8 --- Cluster Cluster name
10- 77 A68 --- Note Note
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History:
From electronic version of the journal
(End) Patricia Vannier [CDS] 26-Mar-2010