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Light curve of Tabby’s Star

Tabby’s Star exhibits unusual behaviour when astronomer­s look at its light curve

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1 Day 1,520

You can see here that the light from Tabby’s Star dimmed on day 1,520 of Kepler’s mission.

2 Day 1,540

Here we see a triple dip in flux with a symmetric profile – a pattern that's seen in other parts of the light curve for Tabby’s Star.

3 Day 1,570

Just 50 days later, a dip of a similar shape but different magnitude occurred. Was it caused by two different planets moving in front of the star?

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