Variable Stars in M5
From the author of Sizing Up The Universe
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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.
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
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