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Variable Stars in M 5



From the author of   Welcome to the Universe in 3D


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Variable stars are shown as pairs of points connected by a line-segment


Stars above the red line are presumed to be variable stars.
Variable stars between magnitude 14 and 15 are the RR-Lyrae stars.
M5-variable-thresholds

Here are the two image files (in "fits" format):
m5_2005-LRGB.fit
m5_2006-LRGB.fit

Here is the Matlab function used to make the HR-diagram:
makeHRdiagRRlyrae.m

Click here for webpage showing individual images of M5

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