The Wow! Signal Podcast

Season 3, Episode 5 - Catching Tabby's Star in the Act

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Released: 3 May 2016

Duration: 35 minutes, 43 seconds

 

Stella Kafka, director of the American Association of Variable

Star Observers (AAVSO) tells us about how her organization observes
variable stars and how they hope to catch Tabby's Star (KIC
8462852) in the act of dimming. Also, a brief update on Bradley
Schaefer's work.

  • Intro music: Dark Skies by DJ Spooky
  • Intro announcement
  • Welcome and quick summary
  • Brief update on Bradley Schaefer's updated preprint
  • Stella Kafka bio
  • Interview with Stella Kafka
  • Wrap up interview
  • Nagging, begging, pleading
  • Thanking Patrons
  • Outro music: Ockham's Shaving Kit by George Hrab
    • Links

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    AAAVSO.org

    Donate to the AAVSO

    Tabby's Star for the Perplexed, part 1

     The Fast and Slow Dimming of Tabby's Star

    Interview with Tabetha Boyajian

    Script for this episode

    Support us on

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    Credits:

    Host and Producer: Paul Carr

    Music: DJ Spooky, Jason Robinson, Erika Lloyd, George Hrab

    Announcer: Erin Carr

    Hardware: Shure, Pro Art, Focusrite, Apple

    Software: Skype, Reaper, Loopback, OS X Yosemite

    Postprocessing: Auphonic.com

    Hosting: Libsyn.com

     

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