Tabby's Star

English

Etymology

Tabby+star. From Tabetha, from the discovery by Tabetha S. Boyajian and her team, of the unusual variability in brightness of this star.

Proper noun

Tabby's Star

  1. (astronomy) A star in Cygnus constellation, Milky Way Galaxy. A star that dramatically dimmed in an odd non-repeating pattern, that was suspected to be due to a partial Dyson swarm, indicating a extraterrestrial megastructure construct and thus a sign of intelligent aliens.

Synonyms

Hypernyms

  • class-V star
  • F-V star
  • main-sequence star
  • star
  • type-F star
  • variable star
  • yellow-white dwarf
  • yellow-white dwarf star
  • yellow-white star

Coordinate terms

  • LGM-1
  • Wow! Signal
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