ICATE 21876
INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS ASTRONOMICAS, DE LA TIERRA Y DEL ESPACIO
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Southern near-infrared photometric monitoring of Galactic young star clusters (NIP of Stars)
Autor/es:
BARBÁ, R. H.; MORRELL, N. I.; GUNTHARDT, G.; TORRES ROBLEDO, S.; JAQUE, M.; SOTO, M.; FERRERO, G.; ARIAS, J. I.; ROMAN-LOPES, A.; GAMEN, R. C.; ASTUDILLO HORMAZABAL, J.
Lugar:
San Juan
Reunión:
Congreso; Reunión Anual de la Asociación Argentina de Astronomía; 2011
Institución organizadora:
ICATE
Resumen:
We have performed a near-infrared photometric monitoring of 39 galactic young star clusters and star-forming regions, known as NIP of Stars, be- tween the years 2009-2011, using the Swope telescope at Las Campanas Observatory (Chile) and the RetroCam camera. The primary objective of the campaign is to perform a census of photometric variability of such clus- ters and to discover massive eclipsing binary stars. In this work, we describe the general idea, the implementation of the survey, and the first preliminary results of some of the observed clusters. This monitoring program is com- plementary to the Vista Variables in the Vía Láctea (VVV), as the brightest sources observed in NIP of Stars are saturated in VVV.
