Monday, June 5, 2017

Burst 23 - Tabby Boyajian talks about the May 2017 dip



Released: 5 June 2017
Duration: 18 minutes 33 seconds

Downlink the .mp3 audio file

The dip as seen by the Las Cumbres telescope network
Paul Carr talks with Tabetha Boyajian about the flurry of observations of KIC 8462852 conducted
when the star dipped in brightness last month, and what might happen in the near future.

Topics include the relative size of the dip in different colors, the spectra, emission lines observed before the dip, periodicity, and what might happen soon.

Links: 

/r/KIC8462852
The KIC 8462852 Subreddit FAQ
Tabby's Star for the Perplexed
Where's the Flux?

http://www.brucegary.net/KIC846/#Yearly_Timescale_Fade_Observations

Burst 20
Season 3, Episode 4

Credits:

Host and Producer: Paul Carr
Music: Jason Robinson

The Wow! Signal Podcast is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike license.


No comments:

Post a Comment