Bibcode
Calamida, A.; Randall, S. K.; Monelli, M.; Bono, G.; Buonanno, R.; Strampelli, G.; Catelan, M.; Van Grootel, V.; Alonso, M. L.; Stetson, P. B.; Stellingwerf, R. F.
Bibliographical reference
Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana, v.86, p.253 (2015)
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2015
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Description
We present preliminary Sloan u',g'-band light curves for a sample of
known RR Lyrae variables in the Galactic globular cluster omega Cen.
Results are based on the partial reduction of multi-band time series
photometric data collected during six consecutive nights with the
visitor instrument ULTRACAM mounted on the New Technology Telescope (La
Silla, ESO). This facility allowed us to simultaneously observe in three
different bands (Sloan u',g',r') a field of view of ˜ 6×6
arcminutes. The telescope and the good seeing conditions allowed us to
sample the light curves every 15 seconds. We ended up with a data set of
˜ 6,000 images per night per filter, for a total of more than
200,000 images of the selected field. This data set allowed us to detect
different kind of variables, such as RR-Lyraes, SX Phoenicis, eclipsing
binaries, semi-regulars. More importantly, we were able for the first
time to sample at high-frequency cluster RR Lyraes in the u',g'-band and
to show in detail the pulsation phases across the dip located along the
rising branch of RR-Lyraes.
Based on data collected with ULTRACAM@NTT (La Silla, ESO, PID:
087.D-0216)