Proposal #426

Proposer (45802) Mikhail Ashchepkau (ashchepkau@gmail.com) obscode: AMIF
Assigned To(3663) Dirk Terrell
Date SubmittedSept. 20, 2023
StatusAllocated
PriorityNormal
Proposal

I propose periodical observations of AF Psc known as Bond´s flare star, which has just 143 AAVSO observations, and all of them are visual. The star has valuable UV excess and shows fast mini flashes with amplitude 0.02-0.05m and brighter flashes 0.2-0.5m with periodicity of some days and duration of 5-10 min. Chanse to detect Bond´s megaflare is almost zero, but serial observations may imrove data of TESS and Kepler.
Due to short flashes duration observations with FSM short exposures in B are preferable. I propose to make 0,5-1 h serias per 2 weeks during 6 months in order to Bond´s flare star monitoring.

The M4.5V flare star AF Psc as seen in K2 engineering data
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1405.7318v1.pdf

Bond's flare star 2329-03
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/130121

Targets
Target RA (H.HH) Dec (D.DD) Magnitude Telescope Observation Frequency Expiration Date Proprietary Term
AF Psc 23.529147 -2.74431 14.6–13.0 MPO61 14 June 1, 2024 No

Comments

(4726) Kenneth Menzies — Oct. 1, 2023, 1:08 a.m.

Committed to mpo61 until 240601. B filter (45 s) for 1/2 hour every 14 days.

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