NGC 6293 / C1707-265 (Updated 2009) RA: 17:10:10.20 DEC: -26:34:55.5 (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 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 81 49.5 XA 0.5944 16.75 1.85 B RR0 2 -135.6 64.5 XA 1.1575 16.91 1.50 B CW f 3 48.6 18.6 XA 0.3690 16.4 0.900 B RR1 4 92 -81 XA 0.6061 16.88 1.50 B RR0 5 78 -83 XA ---- 16.20 -- B NV 6 9 -33 XA 0.3378 16.47 0.8 B RR1 7 -27 -39 XA 270.0 17.0 2.0 B M f 8 -30 98 XA ---- 16.88 0.550 B L? F1 -390 -349 XA ---- 16.9 -- B NV? f F2 -395 463 XA 0.2621 16.55 0.90 B RR1 f HV3943 297 761 XA 238.6 16.7 3.5 B M f HV4409 -476 -87 XA 138.61 16.4 3.4 B M f? ==================================================================== Supplementary Notes and References All data in the above table were taken from Clement et al. (1982, AJ 87, 1491) =========================================================== Discovery of the variable stars in NGC 6293: V1-3 Shapley, ApJ 52, 73 (1920) with x,y positions V4-5, F1, F2 Sawyer (1943, Publ DDO 1, 14) with x,y positions and ID chart for V1-5 and F1, F2. V6-8 Clement et al. (1982, AJ 87, 1491) with x,y positions and ID chart HV 3943 Woods, Harv Bull 834 (1926) with RA, Dec and ID chart published later by Swope (1932, Harv Bull 887) HV 4409 Swope, Harv. Bull. 857 (1928) with RA, Dec and ID chart published later by Swope (1932) ==================================================================