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Tabetha Boyajian

An American astrophysicist and associate professor at Louisiana State University whose work focuses on stellar diameters and interferometry. She rose to prominence as the lead author of the 2015 paper announcing the anomalous dimming of KIC 8462852. The star is now informally known as Tabby’s Star or Boyajian’s Star in recognition of her analysis and coordination of the subsequent global observation campaign.

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