Nama "Bintang Tabby's star" dan "Bintang Boyajian" mengacu kepada penulis utama studi awal ini, [[Tabetha S. Boyajian]];<ref name="popmech20160209">{{cite news |url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/space/telescopes/a19346/james-webb-telescope-alien-megastructure/ |title=NASA's Next Great Telescope Will Settle This Alien Megastructure Mystery For Good |work=Popular Mechanics |first=John |last=Wenz |date=9 February 2016 |accessdate=13 February 2016}}</ref><ref name="PSU-20160830">{{cite web |last=Wright |first=Jason T. |title=What Could Be Going on with Boyajian’s Star? Part I |url=http://sites.psu.edu/astrowright/2016/08/30/what-could-be-going-on-with-boyajians-star-part-i/ |date=30 August 2016 |work=[[Pennsylvania State University]] |accessdate=12 September 2016}}</ref> KIC 8462852 juga dikenal sebagai "Bintang WTF", mengikuti subjudul studi ''Where's The Flux?''<ref name="PSU-20151015" /><ref name="CNN-20151016">{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/15/world/extraterrestrial-intelligence-anomaly |title=Space anomaly gets extraterrestrial intelligence experts' attention |work=[[CNN News]] |last=Newsome |first=John |date=16 October 2015 |accessdate=16 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="FN-20151015">{{cite news |url=http://fox43.com/2015/10/15/discovery-of-a-strange-star-could-mean-alien-life |title=Discovery of a strange star could mean alien life |work=[[Fox News]] |date=15 October 2015 |accessdate=16 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="UT-20151016">{{cite news |url=http://www.universetoday.com/122865/whats-orbiting-kic-8462852-shattered-comet-or-alien-megastructure/ |title=What's Orbiting KIC 8462852 – Shattered Comet or Alien Megastructure? |work=[[Universe Today]] |last=King |first=Bob |date=16 October 2015 |accessdate=16 October 2015}}</ref> ("Di mana [[Fluks radiatif|Fluksnya]]") (sebuah lelucon yang mengacu pada ekspresi bahasa percakapan mengenai kesangsian [[wikt:WTF|"WTF"]]).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/astronomy/its-either-aliens-or-a-swarm-of-comets-scientists-baffled-by-wtf-001-our-galaxys-strangest-star-20151014-gk9iwj.html |title=It's either aliens or a swarm of comets: scientists baffled by WTF 001, our galaxy's strangest star |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |first=Marcus |last=Strom |date=15 October 2015 |accessdate=16 October 2015}}</ref>
