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The RR Lyrae Stars in the Magellanic Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

J. A. Graham
J. A. Graham*
Affiliation:
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory*

Abstract

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The characteristics of the RR Lyrae stars in the Magellanic Clouds are discussed. The existence of numerous RR Lyrae variables in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) cluster NGC 1835 is noted. The variables indicate that this cluster is of Oosterhoff type I. No cluster of Oosterhoff type II has yet been recognized in the Clouds. Some new results of a study of the RRLyrae variables in an LMC field 1° x 1.°3 are discussed. Periods have been determined for 50 out of 72 probable RR lyraes in this field. RR Lyrae ab stars with periods less than 0.d46 are absent. The time averaged and are 19.m56 and 19.m20 with surprisingly small dispersion. First impressions of results for a similar field in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) suggest that the old stellar population of the SMC may have a slightly lower metal abundance than that of the LMC. The best available distance moduli for the Magellanic Clouds indicate a mean absolute visual magnitude M of +0.m5 ±0.2 for the RR Lyrae stars in these systems.

Type
Part II / RR Lyrae Variables in Population II Systems
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 21: Variable Stars in Globular Clusters and in Related Systems , August 1973 , pp. 120 - 128
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1973

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