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centuryx476 Send message Joined: 20 Apr 11 Posts: 27 Credit: 578,121 RAC: 0 |
Hello, Perhaps this has been answered already and if so please direct me to the link. If for example the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico closes tomorrow(Hope it never closes) but let us say it does. What will happen to this project? Will it be retired? Will new sources be found ? Just want to know Thank You |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22199 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
If Arecibo were turned off as a source the project would be reliant initially on data coming in from the GBT, plus the reprocessing of old Arecibo data (which of course would gradually be exhausted). There are plans to get data from a couple of other large telescopes, but these are not in the testing stages yet, so may be a year or so away. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
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