J/other/OEJV/230  Mira variables period changes in M16-M17 Region (Nesci+, 2022)

Period Changes of Mira Variables in the M16 - M17 Region. Nesci R., Soszynski I., Tuvikene T. <Open European J. Var. stars, 230, 1 (2022)> =2022OEJV..230....1N 2022OEJV..230....1N (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
ADC_Keywords: Stars, variable ; Photometry ; Optical Keywords: stars: AGB and post-AGB - stars: late type Abstract: We analyzed the light curves of 165 AGB variables, mostly Miras, in the sky area centered between M16 and M17 (l=16, b=0), using the OGLE GVS database in the IC band. Comparison with the published light curves, derived about 50 years earlier by P. Maffei using Kodak I-N photographic plates, allowed us to ifind no significant period changes in any star. Remarkably, a few stars of the sample appear to have substantially changed their average luminosity, the most striking case being KZ Ser. We provide a better identification for three stars: IX Ser, NSV 10522, and NSV 10326, all of them being Miras. We classify the light curves of 6 stars, discovered but not classified by Maffei, (GL Ser, NSV 10271, NSV 10326, NSV 10522, NSV 10677, and NSV 10772) five of them being new Miras, and confirm the R CrB nature of V391 Sct. The magnitude scale used by Maffei is compared to the modern IC one. Description: Light curves for 165 Maffei's variables were found in the OGLE GVS database, with a typical sampling for each star of about 100 points over a 5-year time span, comparable to that of Maffei's light curves. The photometric errors were usually smaller than 0.01mag. A few known eclipsing variables were excluded, as well as a few very poorly sampled stars, giving a final sample of 150 stars. File Summary: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FileName Lrecl Records Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ReadMe 80 . This file table1.dat 77 165 Light curve parameters from OGLE data table2.dat 61 11 Stars with discrepant periods table3.dat 54 6 OGLE data for Maffei's unclassified stars table4.dat 55 11 Stars with possible change of the average magnitude -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 9 A9 --- Name Name 11- 26 A16 --- 2MASS 2MASS ID (HHMMSSss+DDMMSSs) 28- 46 A19 --- OCVS OGLE ID 48- 51 A4 --- Maffei Maffei (1975IBVS..985....1M 1975IBVS..985....1M) ID 53- 57 F5.1 d Per Period 59- 61 F3.1 d e_Per Period error 63- 67 I5 d T0 Epoch (MJD) 69- 72 F4.1 mag Magmax Maximun magnitude 74- 77 F4.1 mag Magmin Minimun magnitude -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 9 A9 --- Name Name 11- 14 A4 --- Maffei Maffei ID 16- 34 A19 --- OGLE OGLE ID 36- 38 A3 --- Class Maffei's classification 40- 42 I3 d PMaffei Maffei's period 43 A1 --- u_PMaffei Uncertainty flag on Maffei's period 45- 49 F5.1 d POGLE OGLE period 51- 54 F4.2 d e_POGLE OGLE period error 56- 61 F6.3 --- DP/P Ratio of the periods difference to the OGLE period -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 9 A9 --- Name Name 11- 14 A4 --- Maffei Maffei ID 16- 35 A20 --- OGLE OGLE ID 36- 38 I3 d Per Period 40- 43 F4.2 mag Amp Amplitude of variation 45- 49 F5.2 mag Icmag Mean IC magnitude 51- 54 A4 --- Class Classification -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Byte-by-byte Description of file: table4.dat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 9 A9 --- Name Name 11- 29 A19 --- OGLE OGLE name 31- 34 A4 --- Maffei Maffei ID 36- 40 F5.2 mag Imag OGLE I magnitude 42- 46 F5.1 d Per Period 48- 52 F5.2 mag DI Amplitude in I magnitude 54- 55 I2 --- N Number of plates -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- History: From electronic version of the journal
(End) Patricia Vannier [CDS] 21-Sep-2022
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