Rotational modulation and flares on RS Canum Venaticorum and BY Draconis stars. XI. Ultraviolet spectral images of AR Lacertae in September 1985.
Abstract
High-resolution IUE SWP and LWP spectra of the bright eclipsing RS CVn system AR Lac, obtained during 40 h of continuous observations on September 18-19, 1985, are compiled and used to derive chromosphere images. The data and results are presented graphically and discussed in detail. The K 0 IV star is found to have a globally brighter trailing hemisphere and at least three distinct plage regions; the G 2 IV star has a flaring region with significant redshift and line-emission broadening and exhibits factor-of-3 variability in total emission, attributed to the presence of a large chromospherically inactive region.
- Publication:
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- May 1989
- Bibcode:
- 1989A&A...215...79N
- Keywords:
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- Binary Stars;
- Stellar Atmospheres;
- Stellar Flares;
- Ultraviolet Astronomy;
- Chromosphere;
- High Resolution;
- K Stars;
- Red Shift;
- Stellar Rotation;
- Astrophysics