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Johnney Guinness Send message Joined: 11 Sep 06 Posts: 3093 Credit: 2,652,287 RAC: 0 |
I think BOINCLogX just plots points in the sky from the work units your computer is processing. I don't think BOINCLogX does a whole lot more. The SETI@home algorithms are searching for repeating patterns in or around the 1420MHz frequency. I could be wrong but i think it might be + or - about 10 or 20 hertz. 99.99999 % of the stuff you see in the SETI screen-saver is interference. We live in hope that we will find that 0.000001 % that is not interference. Lots more SETI science here; http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/sah_about.php John. |
HireMe.geek.nz Send message Joined: 22 May 99 Posts: 29 Credit: 286,765 RAC: 0 |
Helium has an emission line, why not use it? Mind you unlike Hydrogen, you don't have H2 + H + H_inv emission lines in the RF band. In any case, it is a thought. |
Michael Watson Send message Joined: 7 Feb 08 Posts: 1383 Credit: 2,098,506 RAC: 5 |
The emission line of ionized Helium isotope (3 He III) is 8,665.650 MHz. While Arecibo can listen from 50 MHz to 10,000MHz, I understand that the feed used by SETI@Home extends only from 1200 MHz to 3000 MHz. I read that the Allen Telescope Array listens continuously from 500 to 11,200MHz, so it can be said to cover the Helium emission. |
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