The most mysterious star in the universe | Tabetha Boyajian

[abu afak]

So they were looking for New Planets in the universe.. without Keppler.
They found a few dozen, then something much odder.




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[CrusaderFrank]

Probably a glitch in the lens, right?

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Probably a glitch in the lens, right?

The global scientific community doesn't know what this is.

But Francis knows. Yessiree.

 

[fncceo]

So they were looking for New Planets in the universe.. without Keppler.
They found a few dozen, then something much odder.




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When did Drew Barrymoore become an Astronomer?

 

[Frannie]

So they were looking for New Planets in the universe.. without Keppler.
They found a few dozen, then something much odder.




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And they still cant tell what is in my left pocket

 

[Frannie]

Probably a glitch in the lens, right?

The global scientific community doesn't know what this is.

But Francis knows. Yessiree.

You believe in black holes that are invisible

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Probably a glitch in the lens, right?

The global scientific community doesn't know what this is.

But Francis knows. Yessiree.

Maybe theres a cloud of CO2 around this star that's trapping the missing heat?

Science = Settled!

We have consensus!

 

[Wuwei]

So they were looking for New Planets in the universe.. without Keppler.
They found a few dozen, then something much odder.

She said the amateur astronomy community is now looking at the star since Kepler is on a different mission. Her talk was in April 2016. That was three years ago. Wikipedia has an updated discussion.

A Kickstarter fund-raising campaign was led by Tabetha Boyajian, the lead author of the initial study on KIC 8462852's anomalous light curve. The project proposes to use the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network for continuous monitoring of the star. The campaign raised over US$100,000, enough for one year of telescope time.[86] Furthermore, more than fifty amateur astronomers working under the aegis of the American Association of Variable Star Observers have been providing effectively full coverage since AAVSO's alert about the star in October 2015,[87] namely a nearly continuous photometric record.[88] In a study published in January 2018, Boyajian et al. reported that whatever is blocking KIC 8462852 filters different wavelengths of light differently, so it cannot be an opaque object. They concluded that it is most likely space dust.​

Rats. Just dust. I was hoping for aliens.

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[Osiris-ODS]

So they were looking for New Planets in the universe.. without Keppler.
They found a few dozen, then something much odder.

She said the amateur astronomy community is now looking at the star since Kepler is on a different mission. Her talk was in April 2016. That was three years ago. Wikipedia has an updated discussion.

A Kickstarter fund-raising campaign was led by Tabetha Boyajian, the lead author of the initial study on KIC 8462852's anomalous light curve. The project proposes to use the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network for continuous monitoring of the star. The campaign raised over US$100,000, enough for one year of telescope time.[86] Furthermore, more than fifty amateur astronomers working under the aegis of the American Association of Variable Star Observers have been providing effectively full coverage since AAVSO's alert about the star in October 2015,[87] namely a nearly continuous photometric record.[88] In a study published in January 2018, Boyajian et al. reported that whatever is blocking KIC 8462852 filters different wavelengths of light differently, so it cannot be an opaque object. They concluded that it is most likely space dust.​

Rats. Just dust. I was hoping for aliens.

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