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A New Class of X-ray Star?

Teaming up space telescopes to make simultaneous ultraviolet and X-ray observations, astronomers may have solved a 20-year old mystery and possibly discovered a new class of X-ray star. The unlikely suspect is a second magnitude star 600 light-years away in the middle point of the "W" in circumpolar constellation Cassiopeia. It turns out the mild-mannered looking star is ejecting 100 million degree flares into space — 10 times hotter than typical flares ejected from our sun. The results are being announced today to the 191st meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Washington, DC, by Myron Smith of the Space Telescope Science Institute
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Gas Flares
Gas flares, alternatively known as a flare stacks, are used to eliminate waste gas, which is released via pressure relief valve when needed to ease the strain on equipment.
Focal Plane Arrays
Focal plane arrays (FPA) are detectors consisting of a linear or two-dimensional matrix of individual detector elements, typically used at the focus of an imaging system.
Telescopes
Telescopes are lens assemblies designed to magnify and view distant objects.
X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometers
X-ray fluorescence spectrometers (XRFs) use a spectroscopic technique that is commonly used with solids, in which X-rays are used to excite a sample and generate secondary X-rays. 
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