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MULTICOLOR BVR OBSERVATIONS OF 25 NEW VARIABLES
Maciejewski, G., Niedzielski, A.
Jul 12, 2004

We report on 25 new variable stars (9 new eclipsing binary systems, 1 RR Lyrae star, 1 semi-regular variable and 14 miscellaneous long term variables), discovered during 4 months-long BVR monitoring of selected fields. The new variable stars are listed in Table below.

New variables

SAVS ID

Vmax

Amp

B-V

V-R

Period

Type

083716+412222
083726+424023
083828+414520
083958+413258
084002+274332
084041+423633
084136+371322
084146+390530
084416+250433
084612+365443
084626+343636
084828+414312
085055+305604
085444+415515
085609+345207
090002+273928
090144+421931
090552+441934
121315+301307
122025+415629
125417+282700
130753+233728
131008+243602
131314+271523
131845+254731

10.01
10.94
10.56
11.94
12.08
12.81
8.69
11.36
10.23
10.23
11.72
10.51
10.63
11.02
11.69
11.83
12.46
11.30
10.59
10.19
9.28
9.92
9.66
10.10
10.04

0.75
0.46
0.64
0.26
0.69
0.76
0.53
0.33
0.49
0.63
0.34
0.25
0.46
0.35
0.52
0.54
0.44
0.34
0.25
0.70
0.21
0.63
0.52
0.22
0.52

0.53
0.54
1.72
1.07
0.36
-
1.79
0.86
0.58
2.10
0.32
1.75
1.70
0.62
1.75
0.44
-
1.74
0.51
1.62
1.41
1.62
0.67
1.28
1.42

0.43
0.46
1.49
0.81
0.46
1.24
1.54
0.71
0.51
1.81
0.42
1.32
1.27
0.47
1.74
0.38
0.58
1.50
0.50
1.25
1.47
1.95
2.17
1.00
1.47

1.81
0.63
-
-
0.50
-
-
0.36
3.40
-
0.57
-
-
0.54
-
0.67
0.39
-
0.31
-
-
-
69.4
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EA
EW
MISC
MISC
RRAB
MISC
MISC
EW
EA
MISC
EW
MISC
MISC
EB
MISC
EW
EW
MISC
EB
MISC
MISC
MISC
SR
MISC
MISC

SAVS ID - identifier consisted of Right Ascension and Declination of a star calculated for J2000.0. Other ID - cross-identification with other catalogs. Vmax - max brightness in V band. Amp - amplitude of variation in V. B-V and V-R - mean color indexes. Period - period of variability in days. Type - type of variability in GCVS convention.

In search for color variation in new variables we studied correlation between V and color indexes B-V and V-R for every new variable. We selected those stars for which the correlation coefficient |r|>0.5 in at least one color index as stars showing color variations. Due to large scatter in B no detectable variability of B-V was found for any star. In the next step the V-R color curves of such preselected variables were inspected visually. 7 of them, that passed that inspection, are displayed in Figure below. All but one stars are late spectral type, red semi-regular or irregular variables.


Variation of V magnitude (upper panels) and V-R color index (bottom panels) of 7 new variables for which color variation was detected. For clarity of graphs labels were skipped. For variables of MISC or SR type x-axis are scaled in HJD and ticks are marked every 20 days. For SAVS 090002+273928, EW-type eclipsing binary, phased photometric data are plotted, thus x-axis presents phase in range between -0.5 and 1.5 and ticks are marked every 0.5 phase. Ticks on y-axis always mark 0.2 magnitude intervals. Magnitude error bars were marked for long-term variables.

To illustrate the shape and amplitude of V-R variations we fitted either first or second order polynomials and sinusoid for red variables and the EW system, respectively. As expected the color variations of red variables are correlated with brightness, what indicates pulsating nature of the variability. The only eclipsing system in our sample revealing color variation, SAVS 090002+273928, becomes more red during eclipses.

The light curves of 18 variables revealing no detectable color changes are shown in figure below, where only V data are plotted.


V-band light curves of 18 new variables for which no color changes were detected. For clarity of graphs labels were skipped. x-axis are scaled in HJD and phase for long-term red variables and regular variables, respectively. Ticks on y-axis always mark 0.2 magnitude intervals.

The original photometric data and individual light curve graphs are available in the New Variables section.

 

Last modified: Jun 12, 2004.