Photospheric and Chromospheric Active Regions in Four Young Solar-Type Stars

We present a photometric and spectroscopic study of four G-K dwarfs, namely HD 166, ϵ Eri, χ1 Ori, and κ1 Cet. In three cases, we find a clear spatial association between photospheric and chromospheric active regions. For χ1 Ori we do not find appreciable variations of photospheric temperature or chromospheric Hα emission. We applied a spot/plage model to the observed rotational modulation of temperature and flux to derive spot/plage parameters and to reconstruct a rough "three-dimensional" map of the outer atmosphere of κ1 Cet, HD 166, and ϵ Eri.