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Flare star - Artwork

author: Nasa/GSFC/Novapix

reference: a-eto99-10062

Image Size 300 DPI: 61 * 34 cm

DG Canum Venaticorum (DG CVn) is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici. On 2014 April 23, 2014, a gamma-ray superflare event was observed by the Swift satellite coming from the position of this system. It may have been perhaps the most luminous such events ever observed coming from a red dwarf star.

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2014 - ASTRONOMY - BINARY STAR - DG CANUM VENATICORUM - DG CVN - DWARF - ERUPTION - FLARE STAR - GAMMA - ILLUSTRATION - POSTER - RED DWARF - STAR - VARIABLE STAR -