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疏散星团NGC 6253及其周围区域变星的首次搜寻

The first search for variable stars in the open cluster NGC 6253 and its surrounding field

Fabrizio De Marchi, Ennio Poretti, Marco Montalto, Silvano Desidera, Giampaolo Piotto

摘要:

这项工作提出了第一个高精度的变化调查领域的中期年龄,金属丰富的疏散星团NGC 6253。这类星团是恒星演化模型的基准。使用安装在ESO-MPI 2.2米望远镜上的宽视场成像仪,在十个晚上的时间跨度内对星团及其周围区域进行了连续的光度监测。使用ISIS和DAOPHOT软件包获得了25万颗恒星的高质量时间序列,每个时间序列由大约800个数据点组成。候选成员是通过使用颜色-星等图和周期-光度-颜色关系来选择的。还使用了基于自行的成员概率。从中心的半径为8弧分内发现的所有变量的成员资格进行了讨论,通过比较在集群方向和在周围的领域的类的发病率。我们发现了595个变量,我们还描述了其中大多数变量的特征,提供了它们的变异性类别、周期和振幅。样本是完整的短期:我们分类20脉动变量,225接触系统,99食系统(22 Beta Lyr型,59 Beta Per型,18 RS CVn型),和77个旋转变量。时间基线妨碍了对173个变量的精确定性,其周期超过4 - 5天。此外,我们还发现了一个正在经历2.5等爆发的激变系统。我们提出了一个包括35颗变星(8个接触系统,2个食系统,15颗自转变星,9颗长周期变星和激变变星)的可能成员名单。

英文摘要:

This work presents the first high-precision variability survey in the field of the intermediate-age, metal--rich open cluster NGC 6253. Clusters of this type are benchmarks for stellar evolution models. Continuous photometric monitoring of the cluster and its surrounding field was performed over a time span of ten nights using the Wide Field Imager mounted at the ESO-MPI 2.2m telescope. High-quality timeseries, each composed of about 800 datapoints, were obtained for 250,000 stars using ISIS and DAOPHOT packages. Candidate members were selected by using the colour-magnitude diagrams and period-luminosity-colour relations. Membership probabilities based on the proper motions were also used. The membership of all the variables discovered within a radius of 8 arcmin from the centre is discussed by comparing the incidence of the classes in the cluster direction and in the surrounding field. We discovered 595 variables and we also characterized most of them providing their variability classes, periods, and amplitudes. The sample is complete for short periods: we classified 20 pulsating variables, 225 contact systems, 99 eclipsing systems (22 Beta Lyr type, 59 Beta Per type, 18 RS CVn type), and 77 rotational variables. The time-baseline hampered the precise characterization of 173 variables with periods longer than 4-5 days. Moreover, we found a cataclysmic system undergoing an outburst of about 2.5 mag. We propose a list of 35 variable stars (8 contact systems, 2 eclipsing systems, 15 rotational variables, 9 long-period variables and the cataclysmic variable) as probable members of NGC 6253.

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