Burst 30 - The Gaia DR2 Release and Boyajian's Star
- Author
- Paul Carr
- Published
- Thu 26 Apr 2018
- Episode Link
- https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/wowsignal/Burst_30-level.mp3
Released: 24 April 2018
Duration: 10 minutes, 1 second
Paul Carr talks about today's much more accurate distance estimate to Boyajian's Star from Gaia Data Release 2, and what, if anything, this rules out.
Links:
Clemens+ (2018) - Proper Motion of the Faint Star near KIC 8462852 (Boyajian's Star) - Not a Binary System
Boyajian+ (2015) - Where's the Flux?
Ben Montet Makes a Star Weirder
Castelaz and Barker (2018) - KIC 8462852: Maria Mitchell Observatory Photographic Photometry 1922 to 1991
Credits:
Host and Producer: Paul Carr
Music: Jason Robinson
