Recorded: 14 September 2016
Released: 14 September 2016
Duration:22 minutes, 22 seconds
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Astronomer Tabetha "Tabby" Boyajian joined Paul Carr, Roger Wehbe, and Rusty Schweikart in a
Google Hangout to talk about the implications of the Gaia Data Release 1 for a better understanding of KIC 8462852, aka the "WTF star."
Links:
Gaia Data Release 1A.G.A. Brown, et. al., Gaia Data Release 1: Summary of the astrometric, photometric, and survey properties
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| Standard Error for the Gaia DR1 parallax vs. position in the sky |
Interview with Ben Montet
Gaia Parallax for KIC 8462852 is 2.554887 mas
Jason Wright: What Could be Going on with Boyajian's Star? Part X: Wrap-up and Gaia's Promise
Wright and Siggurdson: Families of Plausible Solutions to the Puzzle of Boyajian's Star
Almost Certainly Wrong: an Alien Megastructure speculation about KIC 8462852
Credits:
Producer and Host: Paul CarrMusic: Jason Robinson
Thanks Paul. Sorry that your sparkling conjecture was the only casualty today. Looking forward to the anniversary show.
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