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Name
  KIC 8462852  
AAVSO UID
000-BLS-628 (139355 observations)  
Constellation
Cygnus Sequence
J2000.0
20 06 15.45 +44 27 24.8  (301.56437 +44.45689) Search nearby
B1950.0 20 04 37.63 +44 18 43.7
Proper motion
RA: -12.261 +/- 1.685 mas/yDec: -10.382 +/- 0.661 mas/ySource: Gaia DR1
Galactic coord. 80.038 +6.640
Other names

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1SWASP J200615.45+442724.6 2MASS J20061546+4427248 ASASSN-V J200615.47+442724.7
Boyajian's Star CMC15 J200615.4+442724 GALEX J200615.4+442724
GALEX J200615.5+442724 GCK J20061543+4427243 GSC 03162-00665
GSC2.3 N2I1000335 KIC 08462852 KIS J200615.45+442724.7
NSVS 5711291 PPMX J200615.4+442724 TYC 3162-665-1
Tabby's Star UCAC2 50096313 UCAC4 673-083862
URAT1 673-335054 USNO-A2.0 1275-13365611 USNO-B1.0 1344-0378600
WISE J200615.45+442724.7 WISEA J200615.45+442724.6 WTF Star
XPM 268-0550049    
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Variability type
ROT/DIP
Spectral type F3IV/V
Mag. range
11.88 V (0.26)Kp
Discoverer Tabetha Suzanne Boyajian et al.
Epoch
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Remarks
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1 Schmeer, Patrick Gaia DR2 parallax 2.2185 ± 0.0243 mas (distance 0.451 ± 0.005 kpc)
2 Otero, Sebastian Alberto Aperiodic fading events. No YSO. No infrared excess. Possible explanations: collisions within an asteroid belt or unstable planetary system; dust that orbits within the Hill spheres of large planetesimals which may reside in an asteroid belt but are not required to collide or passage of a series of fragments from a broken-up comet (this one being the most likely). Rotation period 0.8797 d. (maximum amplitude 0.002 Kp). M2V star 1.95" away. If it is a physical companion, it is 885 AU apart. It could be affecting bodies in orbit around it via long term perturbations.
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References
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1 Boyajian, T. S.; et al., 2015, Planet Hunters X. KIC 8462852 - Where's the
Flux?		 2015arXiv150903622B
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Catalog Data
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2MASS J = 10.76H = 10.55K = 10.50J - K = 0.26
AllWISE W1 = 10.43W2 = 10.44W3 = 10.59W1 - W2 = -0.01
APASS-DR9 B = 12.36V = 11.85g' = 12.05r' = 11.70i' = 11.55B - V = 0.51
Images
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Size 5' x 5' (297 x 298 pixels)
Center 20 06 15.45 +44 27 24.8 (J2000)
Source STScI
Survey

Red, all sky, 1.0 arcsec/pixel
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Revision History
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4 Schmeer, Patrick 2018-05-01 21:54 UTC Gaia DR2 position. Discoverer's given names added.
3 Otero, Sebastian Alberto 2016-10-27 23:04 UTC Type updated.
2 Otero, Sebastian Alberto 2015-10-20 09:45 UTC Type, amplitude and remark from 2015arXiv150903622B. Magnitude from APASS data. UCAC4 position.
1 Waagen, Elizabeth O. 2015-10-18 19:28 UTC Initial submission.

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