OPTICAL SETI OBSERVATIONS OF THE ANOMALOUS STAR KIC 8462852

@article{Schuetz2015OPTICALSO,  title={OPTICAL SETI OBSERVATIONS OF THE ANOMALOUS STAR KIC 8462852},  author={Marlin N. Schuetz and Douglas A. Vakoch and Seth Shostak and Jon Richards},  journal={The Astrophysical Journal Letters},  year={2015},  volume={825},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:119194869}}
To explore the hypothesis that KIC 8462852's aperiodic dimming is caused by artificial megastructures in orbit, rather than a natural cause such as cometary fragments in a highly elliptical orbit, we searched for electromagnetic signals from KIC 8462852 indicative of extraterrestrial intelligence. The primary observations were in the visible optical regime using the Boquete Optical SETI Observatory in Panama. In addition, as a recommended preparatory exercise for the possible future detection… 

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