[vsnet-newvar 932] AstroAlert: Major flare of LMC V2434: follow-up

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

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                   Major Flare of LMC V2434
                       Detected by W. Liller
                   -- A giant flare of a nearby star
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   Thanks to all who have searched the literature, catalogs and past
records, LMC V2434 is presumably identified with a star with a relatively
large proper motion.  This indicates that the star is most likely a nearby
flare star, superposed on the LMC.  W. Liller must have caught a major
flare, a very rare sightnening!  Only a couple of such flare stars
reach apparent magnitudes of 9.8, and the present observation makes
a rare discovery of such an event by an amateur astronomer!

   Congratulations to W. Liller on his (again) important discovery!

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