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تسجيل مستخدم جديد3-D reconstructions of active stars - observations
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Heidi Korhonen
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Stars are usually faint point sources and investigating their surfaces and interiors observationally is very demanding. Here I give a review on the state-of-the-art observing techniques and recent results on studying interiors and surface features of active stars.
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