Flares on red dwarfs

By-product of the Project dwarf are the observation of flares on red dwarf in binary systems. The project dwarf is aimed at detection of circumbinary extrasolar planets using the timing of the minima of low-mass eclipsing binaries. There are many red dwarf stars among the observed objects. Thus time to time some flare was detected. …

Eclipsing polar V808 Aur

Previously known as CRTS J071126.0+440405 discovered in January 2009 by Catalina Sky Survey as relatively bright polar with deep eclipses. In the active state there is a pre-eclipse dip at phase -0.13 interpreted as eclipse caused by accretion stream falling toward white dwarf. The deep eclipse is the occultation of the hot spot by the …