J/AJ/166/95   Parameteres for 88 giant variable star candidates  (Cortes+, 2023)
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Variability in NGC 3201 Giant Stars.
    Cortes C.C., Llancaqueo Albornoz A., Villanova S., Ahumada J.A.,
    Parisi C.
   <Astron. J., 166, 95 (2023)>
   =2023AJ....166...95C
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ADC_Keywords: Clusters, globular; Stars, giant; Stars, variable; Photometry, VRI
Keywords: Globular star clusters ; Variable stars

Abstract:
    We present the analysis of 510 light curves in V and I bands of 255
    giant stars in the globular cluster NGC-3201. Our aim is to expand the
    sample of new types of variables reported in a previous study. These
    variables show a short period (PV<0.6day) and a low amplitude
    (AV<0.06mag.). We first searched for variability using the generalized
    Lomb-Scargle and phase dispersion minimization periodograms of the
    sample, discarding 167 stars as non-variables. We then applied the
    significance test and reduced the sample to 88 giants, of which we
    classified 18 as possible variables, 11 as dubious, 41 as
    non-variables, and 18 as variables. We finally determined the cluster
    membership of this sample and grouped each star based on their
    light-curve shape. The discovered variables show periods in the range
    0.2440<PV<0.5868days and amplitudes between 0.010<AV<0.064 mag. Within
    the sample of 18 variable stars, we report the discovery of an object
    with a period PV=0.3603{+/-}0.0012 and amplitude AV=0.703{+/-}0.029
    mag that shows a RR-Lyrae ab-type light curve. Additionally, we report
    two RR-Lyrae ab and c types with ultralow amplitude.

Description:
    We analyzed 255 light curves of giant stars from NGC-3201 in the V and
    I bands to carry out this research. Of the total sample of 255 giant
    stars, 88 targets were considered as candidates.

Objects:
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       RA   (2000)   DE        Designation(s)
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    10 17 36.81  -46 24 44.9   NGC3201 = C 1015-461
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File Summary:
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 FileName   Lrecl  Records  Explanations
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ReadMe         80        .  This file
table1.dat     46    24908  Time series for V and I filters of each star
table2.dat     77       88  Significance S values for V and I filters for 88
                             candidate variable stars and their classification
                             based on the criteria from Section 3.2.
table3.dat     97       18  Final parameters for all stars classified as
                             variable from the significance test
table4.dat     99       29  Final parameters for all stars classified as
                             possible variable and dubious from the
                             significance test
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See also:
 II/183  : UBVRI Photometric Standards (Landolt 1992)
 II/337  : VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea Survey DR1 (Saito+, 2012)
 I/337   : Gaia DR1 (Gaia Collaboration, 2016)
 II/376  : VISTA Variable in the Via Lactea Survey (VVV) DR4.2 (Minniti+, 2023)
 VII/195 : Globular Clusters in the Milky Way (Harris, 1996)
 VII/202 : Globular Clusters in the Milky Way (Harris, 1997)
 J/A+A/505/139 : Abund of red giants in 17 globular clusters (Carretta+, 2009)
 J/A+A/505/117 : Abund of red giants in 15 globular clusters (Carretta+, 2009)
 J/MNRAS/413/1275 : VrI light curves of NGC6981 variables (Bramich+, 2011)
 J/other/RMxAA/50.307 : RR Lyr light curves in NGC 3201 (Arellano Ferro+, 2014)
 J/ApJ/801/69   : Fe EWs 21 giant star members of NGC3201 (Mucciarelli+, 2015)
 J/AcA/66/31    : NGC 3201 variable stars in NGC 3201 (Kaluzny+, 2016)

Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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 Bytes  Format Units   Label  Explanations
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  1-  2 I2     ---     Seq    [1/88] Sequential star identifier
  4-  4 A1     ---     Filt   [VI] Filter
  6- 22 F17.9  d       HJD    [2456371/2456375] Heliocentric Julian Date of
                               Observation
 24- 31 F8.5   mag     mag    [10.7/82] Standard magnitude in Filt
 33- 38 F6.4   mag   e_mag    [0.005/0.02] Uncertainty in mag
 40- 46 F7.5   mag     sigma  [0.0002/0.009] Internal errors associated with
                               the DanDIA reduction program
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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-  2 I2     ---    Seq    [1/88] Sequential star identifier
  4-  5 I2     h      RAh    [10] Hour of Right Ascension (J2000)
  7-  8 I2     min    RAm    Minute of Right Ascension (J2000)
 10- 15 F6.3   s      RAs    Second of Right Ascension (J2000)
 17- 17 A1     ---    DE-    [-] Sign of the Declination (J2000)
 18- 19 I2     deg    DEd    [46] Degree of Declination (J2000)
 21- 22 I2     arcmin DEm    Arcminute of Declination (J2000)
 24- 28 F5.2   arcsec DEs    Arcsecond of Declination (J2000)
 30- 36 F7.3   ---    SV     [-13/16.6] Significance values for V filter
 38- 44 F7.3   ---    SI     [-20/21] Significance values for I filter
 46- 64 I19    ---    Gaia   ? Gaia DR3 identifier
 66- 77 A12    ---    Class  Classification
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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-  2 I2     ---    Seq    [1/88] Sequential star identifier
  4- 11 F8.5   mag    Vmag   [13.2/16] Mean V-band magnitude from light curves
 13- 20 F8.5   mag    Imag   [11.8/15.4] Mean I-band magnitude from light curves
 22- 28 F7.5   d      PerV   [0.14/0.59] V-band period, days
 30- 36 F7.5   d    e_PerV   [0.00/0.006] Uncertainty in PerV
 38- 44 F7.5   mag    AVmag  [0.00/0.8] Amplitude in V band
 46- 52 F7.5   mag  e_AVmag  [0.00/0.03] Uncertainty in AVmag
 54- 60 F7.5   d      PerI   [0.14/0.6] I-band period, days
 62- 68 F7.5   d    e_PerI   [0.0007/0.008] Uncertainty in PerI
 70- 76 F7.5   mag    AImag  [0.006/0.5] Amplitude in I band
 78- 84 F7.5   mag  e_AImag  [0.0006/0.02] Uncertainty in AImag
 86- 97 A12    ---    Type   Giant Type
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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     ---     Seq    [2/86] Sequential star identifier
  4- 11 F8.5   mag     Vmag   [12.5/15.9] Mean Vband magnitude from light curves
 13- 20 F8.5   mag     Imag   [11/14.7] Mean I-band magnitude from light curves
 22- 29 F8.6   d       PerV   [0.14/0.75] V-band period, days
 31- 37 F7.5   d     e_PerV   [0.0002/0.02] Uncertainty in PerV
 39- 45 F7.5   mag     AVmag  [0.004/0.03] Amplitude in V band
 47- 53 F7.5   mag   e_AVmag  [0.0006/0.002] Uncertainty in AVmag
 55- 62 F8.6   d       PerI   [0.11/0.74] I-band period, days
 64- 70 F7.5   d     e_PerI   [0.0003/0.02] Uncertainty in PerI
 72- 78 F7.5   mag     AImag  [0.003/0.02] Amplitude in I band
 80- 86 F7.5   mag   e_AImag  [0.0005/0.002] Uncertainty in AImag
 88- 99 A12    ---     Type   Giant Type
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History:
    From electronic version of the journal

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(End)                          Prepared by [AAS], Coralie Fix [CDS], 18-Mar-2024
