Discovery of a peculiar Cepheid-like star towards the northern edge of the Small Magellanic Cloud ***

Authors :: Marquette, J. B.
Tisserand, P.
François, P.
Beaulieu, J. P.
Doublier, V.
Lesquoy, É.
Milsztajn, A.
Pritchard, J.
Schwarzenberg-Czerny, A.
Afonso, C.
Albert, J. N.
Andersen, J.
Ansari, R.
Aubourg, É.
Bareyre, P.
Charlot, X.
Coutures, C.
Ferlet, R.
Fouqué, P.
Glicenstein, J. F.
Goldman, B.
Gould, A.
Graff, D.
Gros, M.
Haissinski, J.
Hamadache, C.
de Kat, J.
Le Guillou, L.
Loup, C.
Magneville, C.
Maurice, É.
Maury, A.
Moniez, M.
Palanque-Delabrouille, N.
Perdereau, O.
Rahal, Y. R.
Rich, J.
Spiro, M.
Vidal-Madjar, A.
Zylberajch, S.
Marquette, J. B.
Tisserand, P.
François, P.
Beaulieu, J. P.
Doublier, V.
Lesquoy, É.
Milsztajn, A.
Pritchard, J.
Schwarzenberg-Czerny, A.
Afonso, C.
Albert, J. N.
Andersen, J.
Ansari, R.
Aubourg, É.
Bareyre, P.
Charlot, X.
Coutures, C.
Ferlet, R.
Fouqué, P.
Glicenstein, J. F.
Goldman, B.
Gould, A.
Graff, D.
Gros, M.
Haissinski, J.
Hamadache, C.
de Kat, J.
Le Guillou, L.
Loup, C.
Magneville, C.
Maurice, É.
Maury, A.
Moniez, M.
Palanque-Delabrouille, N.
Perdereau, O.
Rahal, Y. R.
Rich, J.
Spiro, M.
Vidal-Madjar, A.
Zylberajch, S.
Source :: Astronomy and Astrophysics; August 2008, Vol. 486 Issue: 3 p891-898, 8p
Publication Year :: 2008
Abstract: Context. For seven years, the EROS-2 project obtained a mass of photometric data on variable stars. We present a peculiar Cepheid-like star, in the direction of the Small Magellanic Cloud, which demonstrates unusual photometric behaviour over a short time interval.

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