In order to understand how magnetic fields work on low mass M dwarf stars, Vanderbilt astronomer, Leslie Hebb, enlisted help from a team of amateur astronomers around the world to support her spectroscopic observations of the eclipsing binary, YY Gem, using the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope on Mauna Kea. Italian amateur astronomer, Roberto Zambelli, captured the secondary eclipse of YY Gem when a large stellar flare occurred on the back of the primary star during the 10-night observing campaign.
Figure credit: Bruce Gary.
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