# Boyajian 2016: Planet Hunters IX. KIC 8462852 – where's the flux? > T. S. Boyajian, D. M. LaCourse, S. A. Rappaport et al., 2016. 13 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The primary description of the Kepler dips, the… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D8E6TGR30ZB/planet-hunters-ix-kic-8462852-wheres-the-flux Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Tabby's star (KIC 8462852)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star)Boyajian 2016 **0** # Planet Hunters IX. KIC 8462852 – where's the flux? T. S. Boyajian, D. M. LaCourse, S. A. Rappaport et al., 2016. _Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 457(4), 3988–4004_. The discovery paper. Planet Hunters volunteers flagged irregular, aperiodic dips of up to about 20 per cent in the Kepler light curve of an otherwise ordinary F-type main-sequence star with no infrared excess. The team rules out instrumental causes, weighs a range of scenarios and favours a family of exocomet or planetesimal fragments. **Tabby's star (KIC 8462852)** Articledoi: **[10.1093/mnras/stw218](https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw218)** Checked against the original0 ## What it's used for here The primary description of the Kepler dips, the star and the first set of explanations. ## Cited by on this site 13 records [Clumps of fine dust orbiting the star, released by comets, planetesimals or other bodies close to it.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/answers/ANS0D8E77PM4YKA/clumps-of-fine-dust-orbiting-the-star-released-by-comets) Answer ANS [The fragments of a broken-up comet or planetesimal on an eccentric orbit, passing in front of the star in…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/answers/ANS0D8E7C3815EN/the-fragments-of-a-broken-up-comet-or-planetesimal-on-an) Answer ANS [Kepler light curve of KIC 8462852 (2009–2013)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/artifacts/ART0D8E7PBC18ZC/kepler-light-curve-of-kic-8462852-20092013) ART [Dip ingress and egress times of days fit material moving at orbital speeds close to the star better than a…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/evidence/EVD0D8E79N41XT9/dip-ingress-and-egress-times-of-days-fit-material-moving-at) Evidence EVD [There is no infrared excess, so there is no large reservoir of warm dust near the star.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/evidence/EVD0D8E78E225F1/there-is-no-infrared-excess-so-there-is-no-large-reservoir) Evidence EVD [Boyajian and colleagues report the star as "where's the flux?"](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/events/EVT0D8E74H218P7/boyajian-and-colleagues-report-the-star-as-wheres-the-flux) EVT [Kepler records the dips during its four-year primary mission](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/events/EVT0D8E74986MNH/kepler-records-the-dips-during-its-four-year-primary-mission) EVT [Tabetha S. Boyajian](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/people/FIG0D8E72AR69B6/tabetha-s-boyajian) FIG [Tabby's star (KIC 8462852)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star) The mystery article MYS [NASA Kepler mission](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/organisations/ORG0D8E73SM7N4J/nasa-kepler-mission) ORG [Planet Hunters (Zooniverse)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/organisations/ORG0D8E73HT28ZS/planet-hunters-zooniverse) ORG [If the dips are dust, what produces it in large, short-lived clumps?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/questions/QST0D8E76QC6BDA/if-the-dips-are-dust-what-produces-it-in-large-short-lived) Question QST [What blocks the light during the deep, irregular dips?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/questions/QST0D8E76FJ6B8S/what-blocks-the-light-during-the-deep-irregular-dips) Question QST ## Cite it ``` Boyajian, T. S., LaCourse, D. M., Rappaport, S. A., Fabrycky, D., Fischer, D. A., & et al. (2016). Planet Hunters IX. KIC 8462852 – where's the flux?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 457(4), 3988–4004. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw218 ``` [Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw218) Key **SRC** 0D8E6TGR30ZB Kind Journal article Rights The publisher's Kept 27 Oct 2026, for editors Checked Against the published article Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D8E6TGR30ZB/planet-hunters-ix-kic-8462852-wheres-the-flux/csl.json)