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Short Period Variables in the Magellanic Cloud Cluster NGC 1466

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

M. V. Norris
M. V. Norris*
Affiliation:
Dunsink Observatory

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NGC 1466 (α1950 = 3h44.m6, δ1950= -71°45’) is a globular cluster which appears to be situated between the two Magellanic Clouds. Previous estimates (Gascoigne, 1966) put it at roughly the same distance from us as the LMC, so it is regarded as a member of the Cloud system. It is globular in appearance, and its colour-magnitude diagram confirms this classification. It has a fairly well-developed horizontal branch, and was found by Wesselink (1970) to be quite rich in variables. The metallicity index, Q, (van den Bergh, 1967) has a value of -0.36 for NGC 1466 (Andrews and Lloyd Evans, 1971). This would rank it with M5 and NGC 6171 as a cluster of intermediate metal content. This comparison is consistent with the value of Δ V for the cluster, which, at 2.m6, is representative of the Δ V values of globular clusters of intermediate metal abundance in the Galaxy.

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. 113 - 119
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1973

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