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MysteriesTabby's star (KIC 8462852)ArtifactsHarvard College Observatory photographic plates showing KIC 8462852
ART0D8E7NKY0A11·Artifact · object

Harvard College Observatory photographic plates showing KIC 8462852

ObjectHarvard terms of useExposed about 1890–1989
Not kept here. This copy isn't ours to show. See it where it's published.

The glass negatives from which the century-long light curve is measured. Schaefer used 1,338 B-band measurements; the plates themselves remain the primary record if the calibration is disputed.

DASCH project, 1890. Harvard terms of use

Copies 1

ScanDASCH project · dasch.cfa.harvard.edu · completed 2024 · Harvard terms of usePrimary source: DASCH Data Release 71 step from the original

Where it is kept

ProvidenceBridgeportAlbanyRochesterSyracuseSpringfieldManchester1Harvard College Observatory plate stacks200 kmNew YorkHartfordAlbanyWilkes-Barre1200 km

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Harvard College Observatory photographic plates showing KIC 8462852 [Artifact ART0D8E7NKY0A11]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D8E7NKY0A11
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