Palomar 5 / Abell 5 / (formerly Baade's cluster) / C1513+000 (Updated 2009) RA: 15:16:05.25 DEC: -00:06:41.8 (J2000) ============================================================ Bytes Format Explanation 1-8 A8 Star ID 10-32 A11,1x,A11 Position 34-35 A2 Units for position R0 denotes RA, DEC in the J2000 coordinates R5 denotes RA, DEC in the 1950 coordinates XA denotes X, Y in arcseconds XP denotes X, Y in pixels 37-44 F8.4 Period (days) 46-51 F6.3 Mean magnitude (or maximum magnitude if "max" is indicated in the remarks column) 53-57 F5.3 Light amplitude (range of variability) 59 A1 Colour for mean magnitude and amplitude e.g. B, V, R, I or P (for photographic). 61-65 A5 Type of variable (draft 2006 GCVS classifications) NV denotes not variable 67-80 A19 Notes and Remarks (f denotes field star) "--" or "----" indicates no data available ========================================================================= ID Position Period ampl C Type Notes/ RA/X Dec/Y Units Remarks ========================================================================= 1 -97 25 XA 0.2932 17.71 0.42 B RR1 2 -85 -246 XA 0.3325 17.81 0.40 B RR1 3 143 -166 XA 0.3300 17.70 0.50 B RR1 4 35 -238 XA 0.2864 17.69 0.48 B RR1 5 -84 94 XA 0.2524 17.70 0.30 B RR1 ===================================================================== Supplementary Notes and References The periods, magnitudes, amplitudes and variablity types in the above table are from Kinman & Rosino PASP 74, 500 (1962). These authors found no evidence for variability of Rosino's 5 suspected variables. =================================================================== Discovery of the Variable Stars in Pal 5: V1-5 Rosino (1951, Memorie della Societa Astronomia Italiana 22, 309)= Bologna Publ. V, No. 15 with x,y positions and ID chart. Rosino also identified 5 suspected variables s1-s5. ===================================================================