Kardashian, type II?

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Kardashian, type II?

ER — 8/12/2016 11:45:50 PM (archived)

You can always imagine a weird scenario to explain any light curve. I remember one where two stars of different sizes (one of them variable)and brightnesses orbited each other, and one had a set of rings (like Saturn) which alternately cast reflections or occulted the light of the other. By cleverly picking different ecliptic plane projections, orbital elements and precession parameters for the system you could pretty much reproduce any light curve you wanted.

I don't recall how that particular system was eventually described, but it does show you what a zoo of potential strangeness can occur out there. But what I really find exciting about this system is the low infrared components. You would expect a system like this would have a lot of dust involved.

One model for the Epsilon Aurigae system:

http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1001/05aurigae/EA3.jpg

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Kardashev, type II - RL - 10/15/2015 4:30:07 PM
- Re: Kardashev, type II - RL - 9/10/2017 5:37:59 PM
- A testable theory - RL - 5/28/2017 4:10:38 PM
  - illustration - RL - 5/29/2017 6:09:52 PM
- Caught in the act this morning!!! - RL - 5/19/2017 6:15:11 PM
  - I'd better stock up on popcorn - Robert - 5/19/2017 7:42:22 PM
    - The answers to this mystery will almost certainly be interesting... - RL - 5/19/2017 7:59:29 PM
- But wait- there's more! - RL - 10/4/2016 5:16:36 PM
- And it just keeps getting weirder... - RL - 8/12/2016 10:06:18 PM
  - Kardashian, type II? - ER - 8/12/2016 11:45:50 PM
    - They specifically mention Epsilon Aurigae - RL - 8/13/2016 12:07:07 AM
- The latest... - RL - 4/30/2016 4:22:25 PM
  - Maybe what we're seeing here is evidence of just one very nasty industrial accident. - ER - 4/30/2016 6:48:58 PM
    - Stellar Fracking? - RL - 4/30/2016 11:28:25 PM
      - Or the Chernobyl system. - ER - 5/1/2016 3:38:27 AM
- And it just gets weirder... - RL - 1/16/2016 6:53:00 PM
  - starkiller base? - SDG - 1/19/2016 12:53:02 AM
    - That was jokingly suggested by one of the researchers... - RL - 1/19/2016 3:24:25 AM
- The other shoe... - RL - 10/27/2015 3:32:10 AM
  - Still nothing... - RL - 11/7/2015 12:28:04 AM
- Great post, with some hidden interesting news. - bowser - 10/17/2015 12:42:53 AM
- A bit more - RL - 10/16/2015 1:00:35 AM
- Granted, I'm not a scientist of any sort (human or otherwise, that is)... - mcfly - 10/15/2015 7:14:11 PM
  - Some speculation... - ER - 10/15/2015 8:08:51 PM
    - By their works we shall know them... - RL - 10/17/2015 12:00:25 AM
- Thanks for posting this. - ER - 10/15/2015 6:47:54 PM
- Some classic media hype out there - Robert - 10/15/2015 6:32:36 PM

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