Variable Stars in the Fornax Dwarf Galaxy

Bersier, D.; Wood, Peter R

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Variable Stars in the Fornax Dwarf Galaxy

Date

2002

Authors

Bersier, D.

Wood, Peter R

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Abstract

We present a search for variable stars in the Fornax dwarf galaxy covering an area of half a square degree. We have ∼30 epochs of VIdata. We found and determined periods for more than 500 RR Lyrae, 17 anomalous Cepheids, and six Population II Cepheids.