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KIC 8462852 Faded at an Average Rate of 0.164 ± 0.013 Magnitudes per Century from 1890 to 1989
Bradley E. Schaefer, 2016. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 822(2), L34.
A light curve of 1,338 B-band magnitudes from Harvard photographic plates, 1890 to 1989, showing a fade of 0.193 ± 0.030 mag over the century while check stars stay flat. Argues that dips and fade are one ongoing process and that a comet-family model would need an implausible number of giant comets.
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The claim of a century-long fade and the argument that dips and fade share a cause.
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Schaefer, B. E. (2016). KIC 8462852 Faded at an Average Rate of 0.164 ± 0.013 Magnitudes per Century from 1890 to 1989. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 822(2), L34. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/822/2/l34
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Schaefer, Bradley E.. “KIC 8462852 Faded at an Average Rate of 0.164 ± 0.013 Magnitudes per Century from 1890 to 1989.” The Astrophysical Journal Letters 822(2), L34 (2016). https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/822/2/l34.