A new strongly X-ray flaring M9 dwarf in the solar neighborhood
V. Hambaryan, A. Staude, A. D. Schwope, R. -D. Scholz, S. Kimeswenger, R. Neuhäuser
Abstract
We report on the discovery of a very low mass (VLM) star in the solar neighborhood, originally identified as an optical counterpart of a flaring X-ray source detected in the ROSAT All-Sky survey. Optical spectroscopy and infrared photometry consistently reveal a spectral type of M9 0.5 and a distance of ~11 pm 2pc. The optical counterpart of 1RXS J115928.5-524717 shows a large proper motion of 1.080.06 "/year. 1RXS~J115928.5-524717 is the fourth object among the VLM stars displaying a huge X-ray flare, reaching the unprecedent value of LX/Lbol~0.1.
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