KIC 8462852 (The Mystery Star) SETI target
Taken by Eric Allen on October 20, 2015 @
Observatoire du Cégep de Trois-Rivières, Champlain, Québec, Canada
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Color image of the 11.7 mag star KIC 8462852 that has a light variation that is dumbfounding astronomers. One unlikely but still widely reported explanation is that it is the sign of an advanced extraterrestrial civilization. SETI is scheduled to look at the star in the coming weeks.
Photo details:
0.4m F4.4 Newtonian, STXL-6303E
5 min total in each RGB filter.
North is up, east left. Crop from original image. Field of view about 20' x 40'
Photographer's website:
http://https://www.facebook.com/observatoire
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