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Boyajian's Star (Tabby's Star) has mystified us since we first saw those bizarre dimmings recored by NASA's Kepler Mission. Over the years, people have shown that the data could be explained by comets, or planet engulfement, or even alien megastructures. But here at the Cool Worlds Lab, we had a different idea. Rather than propose a specific hypothesis and see how well it matches the data, why not use the data to reconstruct an image of whatever it was that caused the dimming? Sounds simple, right? Well it took us about two years to crack this damn problem but we're thrilled to finally discuss it with you all in this Cool Worlds exclusive!
► Sandford & Kipping (2019), "Shadow Imaging of Transiting Objects", Astronomical Journal, accepted
► Background to Tabby's Star by Jason Wright: youtu.be/jjh0oK7ZyfM
► Our live Q&A with Tabby Boyajian: youtu.be/k_-6SEb2QlM
► "Just a Dust Bowl?" update video on Tabby's Star: youtu.be/D4LIRvGMAVw
► "A Theory for Tabby's Star (Without Aliens)" video: youtu.be/risNfZxz6DQ
► Boyajian et al. (2016), "Planet Hunters X. KIC 8462852 - Where's the Flux?": http://arxiv.org/abs/1509.03622
► Bodman et al. (2018) "The Variable Wavelength Dependence of the Dipping event of KIC 8462852": arxiv.org/abs/1806.08842
► Outro music "Sad Game Boy" by Mikey Geiger, licensed through SoundStripe.com
► Columbia University Department of Astronomy: http://www.astro.columbia.edu
► Cool Worlds Lab website: http://coolworlds.astro.columbia.edu
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Boyajian's Star (Tabby's Star) has mystified us since we first saw those bizarre dimmings recored by NASA's Kepler Mission. Over the years, people have shown that the data could be explained by comets, or planet engulfement, or even alien megastructures. But here at the Cool Worlds Lab, we had a different idea. Rather than propose a specific hypothesis and see how well it matches the data, why not use the data to reconstruct an image of whatever it was that caused the dimming? Sounds simple, right? Well it took us about two years to crack this damn problem but we're thrilled to finally discuss it with you all in this Cool Worlds exclusive!
► Sandford & Kipping (2019), "Shadow Imaging of Transiting Objects", Astronomical Journal, accepted
► Background to Tabby's Star by Jason Wright: youtu.be/jjh0oK7ZyfM
► Our live Q&A with Tabby Boyajian: youtu.be/k_-6SEb2QlM
► "Just a Dust Bowl?" update video on Tabby's Star: youtu.be/D4LIRvGMAVw
► "A Theory for Tabby's Star (Without Aliens)" video: youtu.be/risNfZxz6DQ
► Boyajian et al. (2016), "Planet Hunters X. KIC 8462852 - Where's the Flux?": http://arxiv.org/abs/1509.03622
► Bodman et al. (2018) "The Variable Wavelength Dependence of the Dipping event of KIC 8462852": arxiv.org/abs/1806.08842
► Outro music "Sad Game Boy" by Mikey Geiger, licensed through SoundStripe.com
► Columbia University Department of Astronomy: http://www.astro.columbia.edu
► Cool Worlds Lab website: http://coolworlds.astro.columbia.edu
::Playlists For Channel::
Latest Cool Worlds Videos ► http://bit.ly/NewCoolWorlds
Cool Worlds Research ► http://bit.ly/CoolWorldsResearch
Guest Videos ► http://bit.ly/CoolWorldsGuests
Q&A Videos ► http://bit.ly/CoolWorldsQA
Tabby's Star ► http://bit.ly/TabbysStar
Science of TV/Film ► http://bit.ly/ScienceMovies
::Follow us::
SUBSCRIBE to the channel http://bit.ly/CoolWorldsSubscribe
Cool Worlds Lab http://coolworlds.astro.columbia.edu
Twitter twitter.com/david_kipping
THANKS FOR WATCHING!!
