<p>A short video titled "Why Tess is recording the "sounds of stars" at the bottom of the page of the BBC News article <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43790557" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Planet-hunter launches from Florida</a> gives a short description of Asteroseismology by Astronomer Bill Chaplin of the University of Birmingham.</p>

<p>Presumably the sounds played here are some kind of photometric measurements of stars that have been played back a few orders of magnitude faster to make them audible.</p>

<p>I'd like to listen to more of them, or even download a .wav or similar file and have a look at the spectrum just for fun.</p>

<p>I managed to find this University of Birmingham website through searching, and it plays sound clips from four different stars when the cursor is hovered over each one (it takes a while to become responsive I assume due to downloading).</p>

<p><a href="http://bison.ph.bham.ac.uk/~miglioa/M4PR/M4_beta0.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://bison.ph.bham.ac.uk/~miglioa/M4PR/M4_beta0.html</a></p>

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<li><p>Roughly how long is the observation time of the star necessary to produce these audio recordings of a few seconds in length?</p></li>
<li><p>Where can I find downloadable data; either these .wav sound clips or more traditional raw data files that I could analyze?</p></li>
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<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/kb62N.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/kb62N.jpg" alt="BBC Bill Chaplin U Birmingham"></a></p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/BcxzU.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/BcxzU.jpg" alt="U Birmingham M4 Star Sounds"></a></p>

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2018-04-19T15:57:31.707Z
Not an answer, but if you're looking for asteroseismic data, this can also be extracted from exoplanet transit data, as both methods just look at stellar light for a long time with high cadence. So the CoRoT, Kepler mission and  HAT, Wasp, etc. telescope archives should provide you with a wealth of data..
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@AtmosphericPrisonEscape Thanks for your suggestion. I had no idea this type of data was so widespread.
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Asteroseismology; recordings of star vibrations duration and data availability?
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# Asteroseismology; recordings of star vibrations duration and data availability?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-04-19)

A short video titled "Why Tess is recording the "sounds of stars" at the bottom of the page of the BBC News article [Planet-hunter launches from Florida](http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43790557) gives a short description of Asteroseismology by Astronomer Bill Chaplin of the University of Birmingham.

Presumably the sounds played here are some kind of photometric measurements of stars that have been played back a few orders of magnitude faster to make them audible.

I'd like to listen to more of them, or even download a .wav or similar file and have a look at the spectrum just for fun.

I managed to find this University of Birmingham website through searching, and it plays sound clips from four different stars when the cursor is hovered over each one (it takes a while to become responsive I assume due to downloading).

<http://bison.ph.bham.ac.uk/~miglioa/M4PR/M4_beta0.html>

1. Roughly how long is the observation time of the star necessary to produce these audio recordings of a few seconds in length?
2. Where can I find downloadable data; either these .wav sound clips or more traditional raw data files that I could analyze?

[![BBC Bill Chaplin U Birmingham](https://i.sstatic.net/kb62N.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/kb62N.jpg)

[![U Birmingham M4 Star Sounds](https://i.sstatic.net/BcxzU.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/BcxzU.jpg)

**Tags:** observational-astronomy, data-analysis, raw-data, asteroseismology

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Not an answer, but if you're looking for asteroseismic data, this can also be extracted from exoplanet transit data, as both methods just look at stellar light for a long time with high cadence. So the CoRoT, Kepler mission and  HAT, Wasp, etc. telescope archives should provide you with a wealth of data..  
> **username_0**: @username_1 Thanks for your suggestion. I had no idea this type of data was so widespread.  

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