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With the advent of ROSAT observations, studies of the X-ray emission of the Pleiades open star cluster now span more than a decade. Combined with previous Einstein data, the pointed ROSAT observations obtained by Rosner, by Caillault, and by Stauffer, and the ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS) data analyzed by Schmitt et al., can provide information on temporal variability for time scales up to the order of the solar cycle. Through a preliminary look at X-ray luminosity functions, we can address questions of cluster membership and completeness of the combined X-ray surveys, and the ROSAT data can provide new insights into the X-ray temperatures of some of the brighter Pleiades members, including one seen to undergo a “super-flare” during its RASS-visibility interval.
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Harnden, F.R. (1993). X-Ray Emission from the Pleiades. In: Linsky, J.F., Serio, S. (eds) Physics of Solar and Stellar Coronae: G.S. Vaiana Memorial Symposium. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 183. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1964-1_42
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