CFHT optical & NIR obs. of RR Lyrae in M15 Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Bhardwaj A.
  2. Rejkuba M.
  3. Sloan G.C.
  4. Marconi M.
  5. Yang S.-C.
  6. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

Messier 15 (NGC 7078) is an old and metal-poor post core-collapse globular cluster that hosts a rich population of variable stars. We report new optical (gi) and near-infrared (NIR, JKs) multi-epoch observations for 129 RR Lyrae, 4 Population II Cepheids (3 BL Herculis, 1 W Virginis), and 1 anomalous Cepheid variable candidate in M15 obtained using the MegaCam and the WIRCam instruments on the 3.6m Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. Multi-band data are used to improve the periods and classification of variable stars, and determine accurate mean magnitudes and pulsational amplitudes from the light curves fitted with optical and NIR templates. We derive optical and NIR period-luminosity relations for RR Lyrae stars which are best constrained in the Ks band, m_Ks_=-2.333(0.054)logP+13.948(0.015) with a scatter of only 0.037mag. Theoretical and empirical calibrations of RR Lyrae period-luminosity-metallicity relations are used to derive a true distance modulus to M15: 15.196+/-0.026 (statistical) +/-0.039(systematic) mag. Our precise distance moduli based on RR Lyrae stars and Population II Cepheid variables are mutually consistent and agree with recent distance measurements in the literature based on Gaia parallaxes and other independent methods.

Keywords
  1. variable-stars
  2. infrared-photometry
  3. visible-astronomy
  4. photometry
  5. globular-star-clusters
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2021ApJ...922...20B
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/922/20
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/922/20
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.19220020

Access

Web browser access HTML
http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/922/20
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/922/20
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/922/20
IVOA Table Access TAP
http://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tap
Run SQL-like queries with TAP-enabled clients (e.g., TOPCAT).
IVOA Cone Search SCS
For use with a cone search client (e.g., TOPCAT).
http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/922/20/table3?
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/922/20/table3?
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/922/20/table3?

History

2023-04-25T08:16:57Z
Resource record created
2023-04-25T08:16:57Z
Created
2024-05-06T14:36:58Z
Updated

Contact

Name
CDS support team
Postal Address
CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
E-Mail
cds-question@unistra.fr