# Montet 2016: KIC 8462852 Faded Throughout the Kepler Mission

> Benjamin T. Montet, Joshua D. Simon, 2016. 7 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Independent confirmation of a fade on a timescale of years, from a…

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# KIC 8462852 Faded Throughout the Kepler Mission

Benjamin T. Montet, Joshua D. Simon, 2016. _The Astrophysical Journal Letters 830(2), L39_.

Photometry from the Kepler full-frame images shows the star faded by 0.341 ± 0.041 per cent per year for about 1,000 days, then by more than 2 per cent in about 200 days. None of 193 nearby comparison stars or 355 similar stars behaves this way, and no known stellar process explains the light curve.

**Tabby's star (KIC 8462852)** Articledoi: **[10.3847/2041-8205/830/2/l39](https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/830/2/l39)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Independent confirmation of a fade on a timescale of years, from a different instrument than the plates.

## Cited by on this site 7 records

[Kepler full-frame images covering KIC 8462852](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/artifacts/ART0D8E7Q2T61CQ/kepler-full-frame-images-covering-kic-8462852)

ART

[Kepler full-frame images (monthly) covering KIC 8462852](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D8E7MCW42VF/kepler-full-frame-images-monthly-covering-kic-8462852)

Dataset

DAT

[No known or proposed stellar phenomenon explains all aspects of the light curve.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/evidence/EVD0D8E7AMC4ZZR/no-known-or-proposed-stellar-phenomenon-explains-all-aspects)

Evidence

EVD

[Montet and Simon measure the fade in Kepler full-frame images](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/events/EVT0D8E758G3Y5E/montet-and-simon-measure-the-fade-in-kepler-full-frame)

EVT

[Benjamin T. Montet](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/people/FIG0D8E73267WND/benjamin-t-montet)

FIG

[Tabby's star (KIC 8462852)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star)

The mystery article

MYS

[What causes the slow fading of the star?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/questions/QST0D8E76Z60339/what-causes-the-slow-fading-of-the-star)

Question

QST

## Cite it

```
Montet, B. T., & Simon, J. D. (2016). KIC 8462852 Faded Throughout the Kepler Mission. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 830(2), L39. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/830/2/l39
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[Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/830/2/l39)

Key

**SRC** 0D8E6VG02Q16

Kind

Journal article

Rights

The publisher's

Kept

27 Oct 2026, for editors

Checked

Against the published article

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