New pulsating variable stars in the Stock 14 open cluster and surrounding fields

TL;DR

This study identifies new pulsating variable stars in the young open cluster Stock 14 through multicolour photometry, determining cluster parameters and analyzing stellar variability.

Contribution

It presents the first detection of pulsating variables in Stock 14 using Fourier analysis of time-series data.

Findings

Discovery of new pulsating variable stars

Determined cluster reddening, distance, and age

Identified candidates for pulsating variables

Abstract

This paper presents the preliminary results of a multicolour photometric study of the young open cluster Stock 14 and adjacent fields. The reddening, distance and age of the cluster were determined from colour-colour and colour-magnitude diagrams by means of isochrone fitting. Fourier analysis of the acquired time-series data was performed, which resulted in the discovery of new pulsating variable stars and candidates for such objects.