[vsnet-flare 26] Re: [vsnet-chat 5753] Merry Christmas and flare stars

[DWest61506@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/24/2002 6:19:44 PM Central Standard Time, varsao@fullzero.com.ar writes:

An unavoidable question: what is the value of a flare star observation? The
real recurrence of the events would require continuous monitoring and once
you report a flare, nonoe will be able to sstuy it because it will be
already over...
Some hints?

Anyway, it's fun!
And that's why most of us do it.

Best wishes,
Sebastian.

Sebastian:
Regarding observations of flare stars, I was lucky earlier this month to visually catch a flare in UV Cet.  My observations were:

DEC 01.0417  2452609.5417   12.0   AAVSO chart
DEC 01.0451  2452609.5451   11.0  
DEC 01.0590  2452609.559    11.9 
DEC 01.0687  2452609.5687   12.0  

It was really amazing how the star brightened by at least a magnitude in a matter of minutes.  It also faded rapidly too.  By the time I sent out an alert notice it had already faded to quiescence.

Regards,

Doug West
http://hometown.aol.com/dwest61506/index.html

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