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Любопытно, сколько всего известно объектов, таких как KIC 8462852, т.е. со схожими особенностями изменения яркости (нерегулярные во времени провалы)? Ежели таких объектов нету, то имеем дело с реально уникальной звездой.
2757 - Understanding the origin of Boyajian's Star occultationsKIC 8462852 (Boyajian's Star) displays an extraordinary light curve, showing both deep "dipping" events and long-term changes. We propose observations of this object in the wavelength range 1.7 to 25 microns in order to measure the thermal emission from the circumstellar material causing the observed light curve variations. We will obtain spectra in the 1.66-11 microns wavelength range, and imaging at 15, 18, 20, and 25 microns with orders of magnitude better sensitivity than existing observations. The first goal of these observations is to distinguish among competing models for the star's behavior: a detection would confirm the circumstellar nature of the occulting material; a non-detection would be highly constraining, and motivate further development of alternative models for the star's light curve, such as dense knots of material in the interstellar medium, or an intervening cold disk of a dark object such as a black hole. The second goal of these observations, in the event of a detection, is to determine the temperature and luminosity of the circumstellar dust to better understand this extraordinary object. These observations will be sensitive to any debris disk in the 10th percentile of those around similar old stars. These observations also have a chance of measuring the emission spectrum of warm dust during the close passage of the occulting material, allowing it to be conclusively identified and studied via its silicate features.