UV Ceti

Name : UV Ceti Constellation : Cetus Apparent Magnitude : 12.5 Absolute Magnitude : 15.8 Distance : 8.7 light years Luminosity x Sun : 0.00004 Frontier Coordinates : 0,0

UV Ceti is one half of a binary system of red dwarf stars, also designated Luyten 726-8 A and Luyten 726-8 B after their discoverer Willem Luyten, who identified them in 1949. UV Ceti is a flare star and can increase its output by between 5 and 75 times normal output in less than one minute. It then reverts to its normal state over several minutes. A medium sized telescope is required to see this star

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