This is the official page for research related to the most mysterious star in our Galaxy.
The star KIC 8462852 is also known as Tabby’s Star, or the WTF star for "Where’s the Flux?".
News and Updates
December 04, 2018
Community training on data analysis available through Las Cumbres Education Program
We are new partners in the LCO education program! Our project will use reddit as a communal gathering place to teach the public how to build a light curve using astronomical images. Follow the links below for details!
January 03, 2018
New Paper: "The first post-Kepler brightness dips of KIC 8462852"
[Abridged abstract:] We present a photometric detection of the first brightness dips of the unique variable star KIC 8462852 since the end of the Kepler space mission in 2013 May. Our regular photometric surveillance started in October 2015, and a sequence of dipping began in 2017 May continuing on through the end of 2017, when the star was no longer visible from Earth. We distinguish four main 1–2.5% dips, named “Elsie,” “Celeste,” “Skara Brae,” and “Angkor” , which persist on timescales from several days to weeks. Our main results so far are: (i) there are no apparent changes of the stellar spectrum or polarization during the dips; (ii) the multiband photometry of the dips shows differential reddening favoring non-grey extinction. Click on link below for press release and additional information.
January 03, 2018
New Paper: "Non-grey dimming events of KIC 8462852 from GTC spectrophotometry"
[Abridged abstract:] We report ground-based spectrophotometry of KIC 8462852, during its first dimming events since the end of the Kepler mission. The dimmings show a clear colour-signature, and are deeper in visual blue wavelengths than in red ones.. Click on link below for press release and additional information.
June 17, 2017
Another dip observed in June 2017
At the time of this post, the June 2017 dip continues. Read more about it in the WTF blog.
June 03, 2017
Announcing "Elsie"!
The May 2017 dip has been christened "Elsie". Read more about it in the WTF blog update 6/n.
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