BREAKING - Famous Wow! signal may have come from sun-like star
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In this paper it is analysed which of the thousands of stars in the WOW! Signal region could have the highest chance of being the real source of the signal, providing that it came from a star system similar to ours. A total of 66 G and K-type stars are sampled, but only one of them is identified as a potential Sun-like star considering the available information in the Gaia Archive. This candidate source, which is named 2MASS 19281982-2640123, therefore becomes an ideal target to conduct observations in the search for techno-signatures. Another two candidate stars have a luminosity error interval that includes the luminosity of the Sun, and 14 candidates more are also identified as potential Sun-like stars, but the estimations on their luminosity were unknown. 2MASS 19281982-2640123 is located 'only' 133 light years away from the distance in which the existence of a communicative civilization is more likely according to Maccone (https://www.dia.mil/FOIA/FOIA-Electronic-Reading-Room/FileId/170023/)