Re: Overobserving (flares in Mira stars) > As regards intranight or intraweek erratic flaring in LPVs though, n-sigma > corrections sound a good way to miss these! If they do exist at all... > ...anynobody know the latest word on this apparent phenomena? From the (possibly) well-known, not the latest, literature: (Schaefer ApJ 366,L39) method delta_m duration R Aql 1967.9.8 Pe +0.40 9 min R Aql 1973.10.9 Radio 20 FY Aql 1962.6.26 Pg -0.82 >50 FY Aql 1962.9.26 Pg +0.40 <180 RT Cyg 1967.5.30 Pe +0.59 78 UX Cyg 1933.10.14 Pg -1.4 UX Cyg 1944.8.16 Pg -1.3 CH Cyg many RS Hya 1957.9.20 Vis +0.9 >7 S Ind 1962.8.4 Vis +0.8 >5 LT Lyr ... Pg +0.5 S PsA 1964.7.19 Vis +0.5 5 RX Pup 1975.1.27 Radio 10 R Tri 1966.5.25 Pe +0.40 12