3 papers
astro-ph.EP2017
KIC 8462852: Potential repeat of the Kepler day 1540 dip in August 2017
Rafik Bourne, Bruce Gary
We report 33 V-band observations by the Hereford Arizona Observatory (HAO) of the enigmatic star KIC 8462852 during the two week period 3-17 August 2017. We find a striking resembl…
astro-ph.EP2017
KIC 8462852 Brightness Pattern Repeating Every 1600 Days
Bruce Gary, Rafik Bourne
Observations of KIC 8462852 (aka Boyajian's Star) reveal a yearlong fade pattern that is remarkably similar to the fade pattern derived from Kepler mission observations. The ground…
astro-ph.EP2017
Recent Photometric Monitoring of KIC 8462852, the Detection of a Potential Repeat of the Kepler Day 1540 Dip and a Plausible Model
R. Bourne, B. L. Gary, A. Plakhov
This paper presents V- and g'-band observations of the F2V star KIC 8462852, which exhibited enigmatic fade patterns in Kepler mission data. We introduce a transit simulation model…