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1. Introduction

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) is a long term project with the main goal of searching for dark matter in our Galaxy by identifying microlensing events toward the galactic bulge (Udalski et al. 1992, 1994). At times the Bulge is unobservable we conduct other long-term photometric programs. A complete list of side-projects attempted by the OGLE team can be found in Paczyński et al. (1995). In particular, we monitored globular clusters NGC 104 (=47 Tuc) and NGC 5139 (=tex2html_wrap_inline895 Cen) in a search for variable stars of various types. In Papers I & II (Kaluzny et al. 1996; Kaluzny et al. 1997) we reported on 70 variables from the field of tex2html_wrap_inline895 Cen. That sample consisted mostly of eclipsing binaries and SX Phe stars. In this contribution we provide light curves for other 141 variables in tex2html_wrap_inline895 Cen. The present sample consists mostly of RR Lyr stars. A few variables located outside horizontal branch of the cluster are also included.

Omega Centauri is known to possess a very rich population of RR Lyr stars which were first studied by Bailey (1902) and, more extensively, in a landmark paper by Martin (1938). Some recent contributions on RR Lyr stars in tex2html_wrap_inline895 Cen are those by Gratton et al. (1986) and Dickens (1989). A more complete bibliography on the subject can be found in Smith (1995).



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