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Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2003 11:08:01 -0700 From: Thom Gandet <tgandet@mindspring.com> Subject: Re: [vsnet-chat 6525] Re: (fwd) Re: flares in Mira stars I can definitely confirm the 1-second time scale events. Just last night, I saw flares of Antares that were at least half a magnitude and lasting sometimes less than a second! In fact, all of the naked-eye stars in the vicinity were flaring, too! Does this sudden apparent instability in these stars signal that the end of the world is approaching? ;-) > Well, a number of events have durations 1 sec or even shorter... > I remember I have seen similar events, especially when the atmosphere is > turbulent, or the star is close to the horizon... I wonder whether > Puskas Ferenc has recorded similar flares from planets, asteroids, > comets, galaxies, the Moon, the Sun, or from everything in the sky... > > Regards, > Taichi Kato
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