The Astrology of Space - Matrix Software

The Astrology of Space
Flare Stars
Flare stars are main-sequence stars that abruptly
brighten by several magnitudes for a very sort time,
then quickly revert to their usual brightness. These
flare-ups are erratic, with no detectable periodicity.
There is also a large increase in the ultraviolet (UV) in
many cases. Typical flare stars such as AD Leonis
and YX Canoris exhibit small microflares as often as
several times each night, while larger spectacular
flares are observed with frequencies of once a week
to once a month.
Many astronomers believe that the flare phenomenon
represents a localized release of energy within the
star atmosphere, similar to flares on the Sun. From
this point of view, the Sun is a flare star, but the
brightness of a flare star so small compared with the
Sun's total brightness, that the solar luminosity is not
appreciably increase during a flare. One of the Sun's
nearest neighbors, Proxima Centauri, is a flare star.
Flare Star Table
## Zodiac Latitude Name
FL 00°Ar52'53 +20°40'43|EQ Pegasus B
FL 05°Ar35'37 +47°02'11|EV Lacerta
FL 12°Ar30'31 -23°51'57|UV Ceti
FL 15°Ar45'31 +59°12'15|DO Cepheus
FL 26°Cn47'48 -17°36'24|YZ Canis Minor
FL 27°Le57'11 +34°18'32|WX Ursa Major
FL 28°Le48'19 + 8°56'13|AD Leo
FL 27°Sc50'31 -43°53'32|α Centaurus C
FL 22°Pi00'52 + 0°57'33|Jun 7, 1976,
(unusual flare)
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