ANDICAM I- and J-band monitoring of bright inner Galactic late-type stars
Abstract
Time-series photometry in the I and J bands of 57 inner Galactic late-type stars, highly probable red supergiant (RSG) stars, is presented here. 38% of the sample presents significant photometric variations. The variations in the I and J bands appear to be correlated, with ΔI ∝ ΔJ × 2.2, ΔI variations ranging from 0.04-1.08 mag, and ΔJ variations from 0.03-0.52 mag. New short periods (<1000 d) could be estimated for eight stars and range from 167-433 d. This work confirms that the sample is not contaminated by large-amplitude asymptotic giant branch stars. Furthermore, despite the large errors in distance, the period-luminosity diagram suggests that the sample is populating the same sequence as the known Galactic RSGs.
- Publication:
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
- Pub Date:
- October 2022
- DOI:
- 10.1093/pasj/psac055
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2207.09160
- Bibcode:
- 2022PASJ...74.1049M
- Keywords:
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- stars: evolution;
- stars: massive;
- stars: supergiants;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 20 pages, 9 figures, accepted by PASJ