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Long-term Spot-Coverage Variations of 13 BY Dra G–K Dwarfs

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The results of spot-coverage modeling for 13 active G–K dwarf stars based on many-year photometric observations are presented. The results of UBVRI observations of eight stars performed at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory were used together with data from the literature in this analysis. The spot-coverage parameters for 13 selected BY Dra active red dwarfs have been redetermined to improve the zonal spot-coverage model for the stellar photospheres, which currently allows for the presence of two active longitudes. Time variations of the spot-activity characteristics of these systems were analyzed with the aim of searching for possible cyclic variations. All the stars, with the exception of OU Gem and BE Cet, show fairly strong correlations between variations in the spot latitudes and spot areas, with absolute values of the correlation coefficients, R(〈ϕ〉, S), ranging from 0.38 to 0.92. For five stars, an anti-correlation between the mean latitude and area of the spots was found (R(〈ϕ〉, S) from–0.24 to–0.73). This behavior may reflect the drift of spots toward the equator in the course of their development. Eight stars feature positive correlations, i.e. the spots drift towards the pole as their areas increase. Nine stars demonstrate activity cycles, which are reflected in photometric variations as well as variations of the spot areas and mean latitudes. The periods of the latitude drift of the spots are found for five stars; the magnitudes of the spot-latitude drift rates are lower than the corresponding value for sunspots by a factor of 1.5–3.

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Original Russian Text © I.Yu. Alekseev, A.V. Kozhevnikova, 2018, published in Astronomicheskii Zhurnal, 2018, Vol. 95, No. 6, pp. 421–437.

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Alekseev, I.Y., Kozhevnikova, A.V. Long-term Spot-Coverage Variations of 13 BY Dra G–K Dwarfs. Astron. Rep. 62, 396–411 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063772918050013

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