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Irma and the Arecibo Observatory
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Al Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1682 Credit: 477,343,364 RAC: 482 |
I know that it is still early on in this rolling disaster named Irma, but has anyone heard about if there had been any damage to Arecibo from the storm. From the little news I had heard, it sounded like Puerto Rico avoided a direct hit but still sustained somewhat significant infrastructure damage. I believe our new data from there has been slowing down significantly recently, do we even still pull data out of there any longer? If so, anyone heard if the storm had any serious negative consequences to the telescope? I know compared to all the human effects of the storm, this is a minor question/issue, but thought I would toss it out there for discussions sake. |
Darrell Send message Joined: 14 Mar 03 Posts: 267 Credit: 1,418,681 RAC: 0 |
This article popped up on my facebook timeline from the Seti@home group: https://www.space.com/38081-arecibo-observatory-survives-hurricane-irma.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social Posted by Lawrence Klaes. ... and still I fear, and still I dare not laugh at the Mad Man! Queen - The Prophet's Song |
PappaLitto Send message Joined: 27 Jul 15 Posts: 11 Credit: 1,579,218 RAC: 8 |
I heard they are phasing Arecibo out in favor for the new world's largest Chinese radio telescope. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22190 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Unlikely for a few years as the Chinese are still commissioning that massive dish. The current plans are for the Allen & the GBT to come fully on stream in the next few months. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Al Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1682 Credit: 477,343,364 RAC: 482 |
I made a mention of it in a this post but the topic moved on and no one commented about the possibility of us receiving any data from it. My guess would be no, but who knows? |
Jord Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3 |
Looks like the next hurricane, Maria, is going to go straight over, or close by over the dish @ Arecibo. |
bluestar Send message Joined: 5 Sep 12 Posts: 7015 Credit: 2,084,789 RAC: 3 |
I checked in with both links above and when clicking on an empty spot at windy.com, there is a typo error in that page which should not be there. Repeating it a short while later, it became a little hard to get back at, but should be the vertical bar with the filled circle at the bottom, which I first thought was a zoom-in function, but rather could be pulled with the mouse and next moved around. Here the typo was apparently in the native translation of the page and two letters of a four letter word had been inverted. Needs a fix here in my opinion, because here it updated a bit quicker than with earth.nullschool.net when moving around. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3208 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
Please follow Updates in News forum: SETI@home: Arecibo Status Eric Korpela wrote: I've been asked by several people to post a status update on the situation at Arecibo following hurricane Maria's passage. |
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