Re: V4641 Sgr extremely short and violent flares! Dear Colleagues, > We have finished analyzing July 7 data by Tanabe-san (Okayama U. Sci., > 5s exposure). [We are also analyzing the data from Torii-san, RIKEN, but > the analysis is slightly delayed]. > > The data are truly amazing! There is an unmistakable 1 mag short > flare. The flare rise and fade was recorded in detail on sequential > images. The 1 mag rise took only 30s! The actual maximum may have been > even brighter (could have been a brightness spike) as inferred from the > light curve. There were also multiple smaller flares (0.3 mag) with > typical durations less than 1 min. I have put a comparison of representative images (in flare and 30s before the flare) on the VSNET page. http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/Xray/v4641sgr02.html Please visit the page and confirm the reality! Regards, Taichi Kato VSNET Collaboration team