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造父变星和M33中的长周期变星

Cepheids and Long Period Variables in M33

Anne Pellerin, Lucas M. Macri, Andrew K. Bradshaw, Krzysztof Z. Stanek

摘要:

我们正在对附近的星系M33进行长期的光度测量,以发现造父变星、食双星和长周期变星。该数据集将DIRECT项目先前获得的光学图像与WIYN 3.5米望远镜获得的新观测结果相结合。整个数据集跨度超过7年,具有出色的天气覆盖范围,这将有助于发现和表征在广泛的时间尺度(天,周,月,年)上显示变化的恒星。在这个初步的工作中,我们展示了到目前为止在两个领域中发现的不同变量的代表性光变曲线,颜色-星等图,以及M33的造父变星光学周期-光度关系。该项目的最终目标是提供造父变星周期-光度关系的绝对校准,并研究其在光学波长下的金属丰度依赖性。

英文摘要:

We are conducting a long-term photometric survey of the nearby galaxy M33 to discover Cepheids, eclipsing binaries, and long-period variables. The dataset combines previously-obtained optical images from the DIRECT project with new observations acquired at the WIYN 3.5m telescope. The entire data set spans over 7 years with excellent synoptic coverage which will enable the discovery and characterization of stars displaying variability over a wide range of timescales (days, weeks, months, years). In this preliminary work we show representative light curves of different variables we found so far in two fields, color-magnitude diagrams, and optical Cepheid Period-Luminosity relations for M33. The ultimate goal of the project is to provide an absolute calibration of the Cepheid Period-Luminosity relation, and to study its metallicity dependence at optical wavelengths.

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