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The OGLE-III Catalog of Variable Stars

XIII. Long-Period Variables in the Small Magellanic Cloud

The thirteenth part of the OGLE-III Catalog of Variable Stars (OIII-CVS) contains 19384 long-period variables (LPVs) detected in the Small Magellanic Cloud. The sample is composed of 352 Mira stars, 2222 semiregular variables (SRVs) and 16810 OGLE Small Amplitude Red Giants (OSARGs). Sources are divided into oxygen-rich and carbon-rich stars. The catalog includes time-series VI photometry obtained between 1997 and 2009.

Period-luminosity diagram for LPVs in the SMC

Methods used to select and classify variable stars are described. We show some statistical properties of the sample, and compare it with LPVs in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Additionally, we present objects of particular interest, e.g. a SRV with outbursts, and a Mira star with the longest known pulsation period P = 1860 days.

Light curves of interesting LPVs in the SMC

For each object the multi-epoch V- and I-band photometry collected over 8 or 13 years of observations and finding charts are available to the astronomical community from the OGLE Internet archive.

PLEASE cite the following paper when using the data or referring to these OGLE results:
Soszyński et al., 2011, Acta Astronomica, 61, 217 (arXiv:1109.1143)

Any comments about the data and the form of their presentation are welcome as they can improve the future releases of catalogs of variable stars detected by the OGLE collaboration. Send your messages to this address.

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