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Kepler full-frame images covering KIC 8462852

RecordingPublic domainTaken monthly 2009–2013; the fade measured in 2016
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The monthly calibration images in which Montet and Simon found the star fading by about 3 per cent over the four years, the second record of the long-term dimming after the Harvard plates.

NASA Kepler mission, 2009. Public domain

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DatasetNASA Kepler mission · mast.stsci.edu · 2013 · public-domainPrimary source: Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST): Kepler, K2 and TESS light curves1 step from the original

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Kepler full-frame images covering KIC 8462852 [Artifact ART0D8E7Q2T61CQ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D8E7Q2T61CQ
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