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DatasetsTabby's star (KIC 8462852)APPLAUSE DR4 plate photometry of KIC 8462852 and 182 matched/control comparison stars, 1915-1981
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APPLAUSE DR4 plate photometry of KIC 8462852 and 182 matched/control comparison stars, 1915-1981

16,639 calibrated detections from the APPLAUSE DR4 archive across 718 plates from Hamburg and Bamberg: 238 of KIC 8462852, and 16,401 of the 45 comparison stars from the DASCH analysis that APPLAUSE covers. The comparisons are identified by Gaia DR3 source_id. Plate dates, telescope, filter and emulsion metadata are included.

Tabby's star (KIC 8462852)Tabby's star (KIC 8462852)Version 1.0Licence APPLAUSE data policy (cite Enke et al. 2024)Updated 2 Nov 2026

Use it

import pandas as pd

url = "https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0DFQ1389EQ9V/applause-dr4-plate-photometry-of-kic-8462852-and-182-matched/v1.0.csv"
tokens = pd.read_csv(url)
tokens.head()

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