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astro-ph.SR2022

The OmegaWhite Survey for Short Period Variable Stars VI. Open Clusters

R. Toma, G. Ramsay, C. S. Jeffery +3

Using light curves with 3 min cadence and a duration of 2 hrs made using the OmegaWhite survey, we present the results of a search for short-period variable stars in the fiel…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 30 cited

The OmegaWhite survey for short-period variable stars - V. Discovery of an ultracompact hot subdwarf binary with a compact companion in a 44 minute orbit

T. Kupfer, G. Ramsay, J. van Roestel +20

We report the discovery of the ultracompact hot subdwarf (sdOB) binary OW J074106.0-294811.0 with an orbital period of P min, making it the…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 5 cited

The OmegaWhite Survey for Short-Period Variable Stars IV: Discovery of the warm DQ white dwarf OW J175358.85-310728.9

S. A. Macfarlane, P. A. Woudt, P. Dufour +10

We present the discovery and follow-up observations of the second known variable warm DQ white dwarf OW J175358.85-310728.9 (OW J1753-3107). OW J1753-3107 is the brightest of any o…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 13 cited

The OmegaWhite survey for Short-Period Variable Stars III: Follow-up Photometric and Spectroscopic Observations

S. A. Macfarlane, P. A. Woudt, P. J. Groot +10

We present photometric and spectroscopic follow-up observations of short-period variables discovered in the OmegaWhite survey: a wide-field high-cadence g-band synoptic survey targ…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 24 cited

The OmegaWhite Survey for short period variable stars II: An overview of results from the first four years

Ruxandra Toma, Gavin Ramsay, Sally MacFarlane +7

OmegaWhite is a wide-field, high cadence, synoptic survey targeting fields in the southern Galactic plane, with the aim of discovering short period variable stars. Our strategy is…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 34 cited

The OmegaWhite Survey for Short-Period Variable Stars I: Overview and First Results

S. A. Macfarlane, R. Toma, G. Ramsay +5

We present the goals, strategy and first results of the OmegaWhite survey: a wide-field high-cadence -band synoptic survey which aims to unveil the Galactic population of short-…