Discovery of flare activity on the very low luminosity red dwarf G 51-15.
Abstract
Flare activity has been discovered on G 51-15, the intrinsically second faintest star known, and the faintest one with hydrogen Balmer lines in emission. A comparison of the two faintest stars known with other flare stars indicates that they are considerably less flare active than CN Leo or UV Cet. A possible explanation may be that a star's age is important to its flaring rate, but this is difficult to quantify from existing data on low luminosity dwarfs.
- Publication:
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- February 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981A&A....95..135P
- Keywords:
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- Dwarf Stars;
- Flare Stars;
- Stellar Luminosity;
- Stellar Spectrophotometry;
- H Alpha Line;
- Light Curve;
- Stellar Radiation;
- Astrophysics