The All Sky Automated Survey. The Catalog of Variable Stars. IV.18^h - 24^h Quarter of the Southern Hemisphere

TL;DR

This paper presents a catalog of over 10,000 variable stars in the southern hemisphere from the ASAS survey, including classifications and light curves, based on photometric data collected since 2001.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive, automated classification and catalog of variable stars in the RA 18h-24h region, expanding the existing data with new observations and analysis.

Findings

Over 10,000 variable stars identified and classified

Automated algorithm effectively classifies light curves

Data publicly available online

Abstract

In this paper we present the fourth part of the photometric data from the 9x9 deg ASAS camera monitoring the whole southern hemisphere in V-band. Preliminary list (based on observations obtained since January 2001) of variable stars located between RA 18^h - 24^h is released. 10311 stars brighter than V=14 were found to be variable (1641 eclipsing, 1116 regularly pulsating, 938 Mira and 6616 other stars). Light curves have been classified using the automated algorithm taking into account periods, amplitudes, fourier coefficients of the light curves, 2MASS colors and IRAS infrared fluxes. Basic photometric properties are presented in the tables and some examples of thumbnail light curves are printed for reference. All photometric data are available over the INTERNET at http://www.astrouw.edu.pl/~gp/asas/asas.html or http://archive.princeton.edu/~asas