J/PASP/126/219      Southern Galactic Be star candidates     (Sabogal+, 2014)

Search for southern Galactic Be star candidates. Sabogal B.E., Garcia-Varela A. <Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 126, 219-226 (2014)> =2014PASP..126..219S 2014PASP..126..219S
ADC_Keywords: Milky Way ; Stars, Be ; Photometry Abstract: We present the result of a search for southern Galactic Be star candidates within the group of miscellaneous variables of the ASAS-2 catalog of variable stars, using statistical, morphological, photometric, and color criteria. This search lead us to obtain a catalog of 213 new Be star candidates. The I-band light curves of these candidates show outbursts (Type-1 stars) only in 9% of the sample, and stochastic variations (Type-4 stars) in 91% of the sample. We do not find stars showing clear high and low states (Type-2 stars) or showing outbursts and high and low states simultaneously (Type-1/Type-2 stars). Our sample of southern Galactic Be star candidates provide valuable new bright targets for high resolution spectroscopic studies with small/medium size telescopes. File Summary: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FileName Lrecl Records Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ReadMe 80 . This file table3.dat 40 213 Catalog of 213 new Southern Bright Galactic Be star candidates -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See also: II/264 : ASAS Variable Stars in Southern hemisphere (Pojmanski+ 2002-05) J/AcA/50/177 : All Sky Automated Survey Catalog (Pojmanski+, 2000) Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 13 A13 --- ASAS ASAS name (HHMMSS+DDMM.m, J2000) 15 A1 --- Flag [AB] Flag for light curve quality (1) 17- 18 A2 --- Type [T1 T4] long-term classification (2) 20- 25 F6.3 mag Vmag [9/15] Mean V magnitude 27- 32 F6.3 mag Imag [7.4/12.6] Mean I magnitude 34- 40 F7.3 mag (V-I)0 [-78/4.3] Intrinsic V-I colour index (3) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note (1): Flag as follows; A = light curves with good quality, many points, and very clear shapes in both databases, which facilitates a reliable classification B = light curves with average quality and/or fewer points in one or both databases Note (2): following the criteria established by Mennickent et al. (2002, Cat. J/A+A/393/887): T1 = objects showing outbursts T4 = objects showing light curves similar to those observed for Galactic Be stars Note (3): calculated using the extinction maps reported by Schlafly & Finkbeiner (2011ApJ...737..103S 2011ApJ...737..103S). Some large values for (V-I)0 are not normal but they are calculated at the same way than the normal (V-I)0 values. In the paper we explain the reason for these values and they are shown to indicate the candidates to Be stars whose location in the Galaxy do not allow to obtain a reliable extinction correction. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgements: Beatriz Eugenia Sabogal Martinez, bsabogal(at)uniandes.edu.co
(End) Patricia Vannier [CDS] 23-Apr-2014
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