The Oldest Stars
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Larry Monske Send message Joined: 17 Sep 05 Posts: 281 Credit: 554,328 RAC: 0 
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In our galaxy there are over 120 different globular clusters. Whats strange about them is that their stars are stable large stars and extremely older than the sun maybe 13.8 billion years old. I would expect if life needed time to inhabit a planet I would look here. The stars are closer together. Do we ever look amongst these old stars for radio emissions, If we do are they nearby? The large magelliac cloud and small magellic clouid are 2. ID: 1241250 ·  |
rob smith    Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22190 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 
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Basically S@H looks wherever the telescope(s) are pointing. As a project they don't buy 'scope time, but piggyback off other's. The only time I can think of when S@H looked at specific locations was when they managed to get some observation time on the GBT when they looked at stars that are known to have planets from the Kepler studies. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? ID: 1241630 · |
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Larry Monske Send message Joined: 17 Sep 05 Posts: 281 Credit: 554,328 RAC: 0
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Might be worth a shot nearby stars arent turning up anything. ID: 1242019 · |
 Julie  Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 
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Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18
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Larry Monske Send message Joined: 17 Sep 05 Posts: 281 Credit: 554,328 RAC: 0
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How about the allen array is it up and running? ID: 1242395 · |
skildude  Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 
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that isn't part of seti@home  In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope ID: 1242421 · |
Bob DeWoody  Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10
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Like I posted over in the Mars exploration thread and after thinking about it some more old stars in globular clusters are probably not good candidates for providing anyone a satisfactory home as they are first or second generation stars and will not have produced the heavier elements needed to support life. Also I would try to find out what the spacing between stars is. Our solar system is in a region of the milky way where the density of stars is low enough to keep radiation levels below a fatal dose. Our star is at least a second or third generation star that formed out of a nebula created by earlier supernovas having created the necessary heavier elements. Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. ID: 1242445 · |
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