Season 3, Episode 5 - Catching Tabby's Star in the Act - a podcast by Paul Carr
from 2016-05-03T17:33:38
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
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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