Observation by Paul Leyland: Variables in Messier 33

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Dr Paul Leyland

Observer

Paul Leyland

Observed

2020 Feb 05 - 21:20

Uploaded

2022 Feb 03 - 12:41

Objects

The Triangulum Galaxy (M33)

Equipment

0.4m Dilworth Relay
Starlight Xpress 814 Trius Pro
No filter

Exposure

575 seconds

Location

Tacande Observatory, MPC J22

Target name

Variable stars in M33

Title

Variables in Messier 33

About this image

This image marks the position of 140 variable stars brighter than Sloan g=20.0 taken from Hartman et al., MRNAS Volume 371, page 1405 (2006). It covers only a small (roughly 10 by 8 arcmin) portion of the M33 galaxy.

I do not claim that all are visible and/or resolved on my image (indeed, it doesn't go quite as faint as g=20) but it shows how observers of extragalactic VS can measure them by the bucket load in single image. A 1 to 2 hour integration should yield adequate measurements down to g=20.

There is at least one GC in there too. Finding it is left as an exercise.

Files associated with this observation

M33_VS_marked.jpg (208.4 kB)

Like this image

Eric Watkins, Callum Potter

Comments

Eric Watkins, 2022 Feb 07 - 02:41 UTC

Paul,

I have some images of M33 which I shall look up together with Hartman et al's paper and see how it compares.

Eric

Dr Paul Leyland, 2022 Feb 07 - 09:26 UTC

Eric: Good luck.

BTW my image isn't of anything in particular. I just pointed at a random patch of M33 and took an exposure.

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