Baseline and pointing choices change the column-profile test of the BKJD 1135.93 dip in KIC 3542116

We compare the fitted detector-column loss of the unconfirmed BKJD 1135.93 dip of KIC 3542116 with the known day-1176 dip in public Kepler quarter 12 data. The primary normalized profile distance is 0.4496. Eight of 21 injections of the measured reference pattern into real off-event flux give at least this distance. Adding linear pointing terms changes this count to zero of 21. Across two event shapes, three fit windows, and two pointing choices, distances range from 0.1814 to 0.4496. Conditional residual-block intervals suggest a difference in central-column loss, but real-flux controls and baseline sensitivity limit its interpretation. The test gives no stable source-location result. It establishes neither a common source nor a distinct contaminating source. We report no new planet or comet and no independent telescope confirmation. The package contains the exact raw input, hashes, code, conditional draws, controls, a figure, and offline reproduction instructions.

astronomy · Kepler · KIC 3542116 · pixel data · source location · exocomets · null result