[DOC] [TLE] Red dwarf - Wikipedia [PAR] Bright giants  Supergiants  Hypergiants  absolute magni- tude (MV). A red dwarf 
is a small and relatively cool star on the main sequence, of either K or M spectral 
... Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the Sun, is a red dwarf (Type M5, ... 
Hence, these stars emit little light, sometimes as little as 110,000 that of the Sun. [DOC] [TLE] Variable star - Wikipedia [PAR] A variable star is a star whose brightness as seen from Earth (its apparent 
magnitude) .... Since 1850 the number of known variable stars has increased 
rapidly, ... these quantities may vary slowly over time, or even from one period to 
the next. ..... It is common only among the flare stars, also known as the UV Ceti 
variables,... [DOC] [TLE] Star Facts: The Basics of Star Names and Stellar Evolution [PAR] Dec 16, 2014 ... Also, different astronomers over the years have compiled star catalogs ... These 
include intermediate-mass stars such as the sun, with half to ... hot and blue, 
some 1,000 to 1 million times as luminous as the sun and are roughly 10 times 
wider. When they leave the main sequence, they become a bright red... [DOC] [TLE] Alpha Centauri, closest to our sun | Brightest Stars | EarthSky [PAR] May 19, 2016 ... Third star in the system, a red dwarf called Proxima Centauri, is our ... The Alpha 
Centauri system is the closest star system to our sun. ... If you looked through a 
small telescope at the Alpha Centauri ... These two brighter components of the 
system orbit a common center of ... But its flares are really feeble. [DOC] [TLE] Introduction to Basic Stellar Astronomy - The Internet Stellar Database [PAR] So, to understand the stars, you must first understand our own sun. ... process 
that powers a hydrogen bomb; it also provides all the energy the sun now emits. 
... of the sun, in which these nuclear fusion reactions take place, is called the core
. ... turn a brighter red, then orange, then yellow (the sun's color), and finally white
. [DOC] [TLE] star | astronomy | Britannica.com [PAR] Apr 13, 2016 ... The myriad other stars are compared to the Sun, strongly implying ... Overview of 
several types of stars, notably the red dwarf, red giant, supergiant, white dwarf, 
and  .... Galaxy (also simply called the Galaxy), only about 2.5 million are .... A 
star of the first magnitude is about 2.5 times as bright as one of the... [DOC] [TLE] What Starlight Teaches Us About Space (Pretty Much Everything ... [PAR] Sep 1, 2016 ... The light in your eyepiece left the star more than four years ago, ... Proxima 
shines a brilliant peach-white, even though it is just .15 percent as bright as the 
sun. ... faint and small for even the most powerful telescopes on Earth and in 
space. ... These are all important in one way or another, but color  which... [DOC] [TLE] The Universe within 12.5 Light Years - The Nearest stars [PAR] This map shows all the star systems that lie within 12.5 light years of our Sun. 
Most of the stars are red dwarfs - stars with a tenth of the Sun's mass and less 
than one hundredth the ... This is a list of the known stars that lie within this 
distance. ... It is also a flare star - capable of brightening a magnitude or more in 
minutes. [DOC] [TLE] Life Cycles of Stars - UWGB Home [PAR] Mar 26, 1998 ... No one has ever observed stars go through their life cycle, but ... Tiny motions of 
the star can also be detected using the Doppler ... Such stars are called red 
dwarfs. ... stars on the Main sequence don't even last a million years, but red ... 
most of the stars brighter than the sun have left the main sequence. [DOC] [TLE] Hubble Unveils Monster Stars | NASA [PAR] Mar 17, 2016 ... Together these nine stars outshine the sun by a factor of 30 million. ... An analysis

Question: About one-millionth as bright as our sun, these small red stars are also known as flare stars
Answer: dwarfs