Season 3 Episode 9 - Ben Montet Makes a Star Weirder
- Author
- Dream of the Open Channel
- Published
- Mon 08 Aug 2016
- Episode Link
- https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/wowsignal/S3_Ep9.mp3
Released: 8 August 2016
Duration:47 minutes 44 seconds
Host Paul Carr talks to CalTech astronomer Ben Montet,who has, with his colleague Joshua Simon, just published the result that Tabby's Star (KIC 8462852) dimmed considerably over the four year course of the Kepler Space Telescope prime mission.
Links:
Montet and Simon, KIC 8462852 Faded Throughout the Kepler Mission
Interview with Bradley Schaefer on Dimming of Tabby's Star
Boyajian, et. al., KIC 8462852 - Where's The Flux?
Credits:
Host and Producer: Paul Carr
Announcer:Erin Carr
Music: DJ Spooky, Jason Robinson, Erika Lloyd
