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A Search for Dyson Spheres Around Late-type Stars in the Solar Neighborhood

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2017

Jun Jugaku
Affiliation:
Research Institute of Civilization, 2-29-3 Sakuragaoka, Tama-shi, Tokyo 206-0013, Japan
Shiro Nishimura
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatory, Mitaka, Tokyo 181–8588, Japan

Abstract

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We continued our search for partial (incomplete) Dyson spheres associated with solar-type stars (spectral types F, G and K) within 25 pc of the Sun. No candidate objects were found in a total of 384 stars.

Type
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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