$\times$   $\times$
    $K_S$                                     $\times$   $\times$              $\times$
   objects     513        419        381        387        323        298        229
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  : Same as Table\[table:3\] for .[]{data-label="table:4"}

Results and discussion {#results}
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Variable stars {#LPVs}
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In Tables\[table:3\] and \[table:4\] we list the number of objects in each of the two galaxies for which certain sets of data are available. We thereby describe the size of several sub-samples grouped according to the information available. For the 163 variables in and the 381 objects in where we have broad-band photometry from Nowotny et al. ([@wn]), the locations in the CMDs are shown in Fig.\[CMD\] together with the full sample of PaperI. The LPVs are superimposed as red crosses and those classified as stars (according to PaperI) are drawn as black circles. Evidently, most of the identified LPVs are located in the upper region of the giant branch where AGB stars, and in particular classical stars, are expected. Approximately two thirds of the variable red giant stars in both galaxies clearly show mono-periodic light variations. Two periods could be assigned to 20 variables of , and for 45 LPVs of this system no significant period was found. In we find 38 