UV Ceti

E591821

UV Ceti is a nearby red dwarf flare star in the constellation Cetus, famous as the prototype of UV Ceti-type flare stars that exhibit sudden, dramatic increases in brightness.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UV Ceti-type flare star
flare star
main-sequence star
red dwarf
variable star
absoluteMagnitudeV ~15.2
age_estimate low to moderate stellar age
apparentMagnitudeV_quiescent ~13.0
binaryType wide binary
catalogEntry GJ 65B NERFINISHED
Gliese 65B NERFINISHED
LHS 10B NERFINISHED
colorIndex very red
componentOf Luyten 726-8 binary system NERFINISHED
constellation Cetus NERFINISHED
declination_epochJ2000 −17° 57′
discovery identified as a flare star in the 20th century
distanceFromEarth_approx 2.7 parsecs
8.7 light-years
effectiveTemperature_approx ~2700 K
emissionLines strong hydrogen emission
flareActivity very strong
flareAmplitude several magnitudes in optical
flareTimescale minutes
galacticPopulation solar neighborhood
hasCompanion BL Ceti NERFINISHED
hostGalaxy Milky Way NERFINISHED
lightCurveBehavior sudden increases in brightness
luminosity_approx ~0.001 solar luminosities
magneticActivity intense
mass_approx ~0.1 solar masses
nearbyStarStatus one of the nearest stars to the Sun
observedIn X-ray wavelengths
optical wavelengths
radio wavelengths
otherDesignation Luyten 726-8B NERFINISHED
parallax_approx ~373 milliarcseconds
properMotion high
prototypeOf UV Ceti-type flare stars NERFINISHED
radius_approx ~0.15 solar radii
rightAscension_epochJ2000 01h 39m
rotation rapid
separationFromBL Ceti_approx tens of astronomical units
spectralType M6.0Ve
stellarClass M dwarf
variableStarDesignation UV Ceti NERFINISHED
variableType UV Ceti-type
dMe flare star

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Cetus containsVariableStar UV Ceti