# The fade from 2015 to 2016 is about 22 mmag per year in Swift bands and about 5 mmag per year at 3.6 to 4.5…

> The fade from 2015 to 2016 is about 22 mmag per year in Swift bands and about 5 mmag per year at 3.6 to 4.5 microns, a colour law less steep than the…

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# The fade from 2015 to 2016 is about 22 mmag per year in Swift bands and about 5 mmag per year at 3.6 to 4.5…

The fade from 2015 to 2016 is about 22 mmag per year in Swift bands and about 5 mmag per year at 3.6 to 4.5 microns, a colour law less steep than the ISM's.

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## What it bears on 1 answer

[A large, diffuse amount of circumstellar dust, more extended than the clumps that make the dips.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/answers/ANS0D8E7F100DFT/a-large-diffuse-amount-of-circumstellar-dust-more-extended)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The fade from 2015 to 2016 is about 22 mmag per year in Swift bands and about 5 mmag per year at 3.6 to 4.5… [Evidence EVD0D8E7F8T7ESC]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0D8E7F8T7ESC
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**EVD** 0D8E7F8T7ESC

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