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Table 2

Stellar sample and water maser detections.

Star Magnitude (a) L* T* Distance (b) Water masers detected in this work

Type variation Period (L) (K) (pc) 437 439 471 474
range (ΔV) (days) GHz GHz GHz GHz
VX Sgr RSG 7.5 732 1.0 × 105 3500 1600 Y Y Y Y
U Her Mira 7.0 404 4.4 × 103 2700 266 Y Y Y Y
RR Aql Mira 6.7 395 7.3 × 103 2500 633 Y N N N
W Hya Mira 4.0 390 4.5 × 103 3100 104 Y Y Y Y
R Hya Mira 7.4 380 7.4 × 103 2100 124 N N N N
RS Vir Mira 7.6 354 4.4 × 103 2900 610 Y Y (Y) Y
R Leo Mira 6.9 310 2.5 × 103 2000 95 N N N N
R Aql Mira 6.5 270 4.4 × 103 2700 422 Y Y Y N
R Dor SRb 1.5 172 6.5 × 103 2400 59 N N (Y) N
R Crt SRb ... 160 2.1 × 104 2800 261 N N N N
RT Vir SRb 1.6 158 4.0 × 103 2800 226 N N N N

Notes. (a)Information from the AAVSO. (b)The distance references are: Chen et al. (2007, VX Sgr), Vlemmings & van Langevelde (2007, RR Aql and U Her), Whitelock et al. (2008, RS Vir), Haniff et al. (1995, R Leo), Knapp et al. (2003, R Dor), van Leeuwen (2007, R Crt, R Aql, R Hya, and WHya), Zhang et al. (2017, RT Vir).

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