NGC 6284 / C1701-246 (Updated July 2013) RA: 17:04:28.51 DEC: -24:45:53.5 (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, J, K or P (for photographic). 61-65 A5 Type of variable (draft 2006 GCVS classifications) CST denotes non variable stars previously designated as variables 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 17:04:26.94 -24:45:21.8 R0 4.4812 15.88 0.85 B CW 2 17:04:25.30 -24:46:17.4 R0 0.5590 17.37 1.59 B RR0 3 17:04:26.57 -24:46:11.2 R0 ---- 15.43 1.00 B L 4 17:04:30.32 -24:46:14.0 R0 2.8187 16.04 1.33 B CW 5 17:04:37.04 -24:49:21.2 R0 ---- 17.35 -- B CST 6 17:04:38.37 -24:42:11.6 R0 0.6530 16.28 1.12 B RR0 f 7 17:04:32.95 -24:45:28.3 R0 0.5484 17.33 1.51 B RR0 8 17:04:31.34 -24:45:17.9 R0 0.6658 17.48 0.94 B RR0 9 17:04:33.98 -24:47:01.1 R0 0.5602 17.56 1.62 B RR0 10 17:04:48.26 -24:43:02.7 R0 158.3 15.55 4.20 B M f 11 17:04:51.60 -24:46:22.8 R0 0.5393 17.03 1.46 B RR0 f 12 17:04:38.09 -24:45:25.5 R0 203.4 16.52 3.35 B M f?;GMOph ================================================================== Supplementary Notes The RA and dec listed in the above table are from Samus et al. (2009). Samus et al. also noted that V10 and V11 are V2121 and V2123 Oph. The remaining data were taken from Clement et al. (1980) A BV color-magnitude diagram by Piotto et al. (2002) indicates a pronounced blue HB which is a characteristic of globular clusters that have type II Cepheids (CW stars). Clusters with Mira variables generally have red HBs. Also, based on the frequency distribution of Miras in the surrounding field, it is unlikely that either of the Mira variables, V10 or V12, are cluster members. ===================================================================== Discovery of the variable stars in NGC 6284: V1-6 and 4 field variables, F1-F4 Sawyer (1943) with x,y positions and ID chart V7-12 Clement et al. (1980) with x,y positions and ID chart for V1-12 and F1-2. ===================================================================== References Clement, C. M., Sawyer Hogg, H., Wells, T. R. 1980, AJ, 85, 1604 Samus, N. N., Kazarovets, E. V., Pastukhova, E. N., Tsvetkova, T. M., Durlevich, O. V. 2009, PASP, 121, 1378 Piotto, G., King, I. R., Djorgovski, S. G., Sosin, C., Zoccali, M., Saviane, I., De Angeli, F. et al. 2002, A&A, 391, 945 Sawyer, H. B. 1943, Publ. DDO, 1, 14 ======================================================================