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A Uniform Census of Variable Stars in M101 Based on HST/ACS Photometry
Jiyu Wang, Xiaodian Chen, Pinjian Chen +3
We present a homogeneous HST/ACS F555W/F814W time-series census of variable stars in two M101 disk fields, using a uniform multi-band reduction and reproducible variable-selection…
A Planetary Nebula from a 5.7 Progenitor in a 90 Myr M31 Star Cluster
Pinjian Chen, Bingqiu Chen, Xiaodian Chen +2
Planetary nebulae (PNe) trace the late evolution of low-to-intermediate-mass stars, yet the masses of their progenitors are rarely measured directly. Here we present a PN physicall…
Discovery of an Extremely Luminous Type II Cepheid in the Andromeda Giant Stellar Stream: Evidence for a Hierarchical Triple with an Inner Binary Merger
Pinjian Chen, Bingqiu Chen, Xiaodian Chen +7
We report the discovery of LAMOST J0041+3948, the most luminous post-AGB Type II Cepheid (TIIC) known, located in the Andromeda Giant Stellar Stream. Its spectral energy distributi…
Investigating the Period-Luminosity Relations of delta Scuti Stars: A Pathway to Distance and 3-D Dust Map Inference
Fangzhou Guo, Joshua S. Bloom, Xiaofeng Wang +12
While delta Scuti stars are the most numerous class of kappa-mechanism pulsators in the instability strip, the short periods and small peak-to-peak amplitudes have left them unders…