2021/11/01 by E. G. Schmidt, Edward G. Schmidt · 1 voice
Physics and Astronomy · #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ac3416
Abstract In data from the Kepler mission, the normal F3V star KIC 8462852 (Boyajian’s star) was observed to exhibit infrequent dips in brightness that have not been satisfactorily explained. A previous paper reported the first results of a search for other similar stars in a limited region of the sky around the Kepler field. This paper expands on that search to cover the entire sky between declinations of +22°and +68°. Fifteen new candidates with low rates of dipping, referred to as “slow dippers” in Paper I, have been identified. The dippers occupy a limited region of the HR diagram and an apparent clustering in space is found. This latter feature suggests that these stars are attractive targets for SETI searches.