Little Bear's Pulsating Stars: Variable Star Census of dSph UMi Galaxy
  Recent observations and a photometric search for variable stars in the Ursa
Minor dwarf spheroidal galaxy (UMi dSph) are presented. Our observations were
taken at Apache Point Observatory in 2014 and 2016 using the 0.5m ARCSAT
telescope and the West Mountain Observatory 0.9m telescope of Brigham Young
University in 2016. Previously known RR Lyrae stars in our field of view of the
UMi dSph are identified, and we also catalog new variable star candidates.
Tentative classifications are given for some of the new variable stars. We have
conducted period searches with the data collected with the WMO telescope. Our
ultimate goal is to create an updated catalog of variable stars in the UMi dSph
and to compare the RR Lyrae stellar characteristics to other RR Lyrae stars
found in the Local Group dSph galaxies.
