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Cruncher-American Send message Joined: 25 Mar 02 Posts: 1513 Credit: 370,893,186 RAC: 340 |
Why is the upload server down? I didn't see that anywhere on here. My machine has been sitting on its last 6 WUs all week and started working on Einstein again. It's been down for several hours now, at least 8 or more. |
KWSN THE Holy Hand Grenade! Send message Joined: 20 Dec 05 Posts: 3187 Credit: 57,163,290 RAC: 0 |
Fixed now... probably when the SETI crew got into the lab... . Hello, from Albany, CA!... |
Larry Monske Send message Joined: 17 Sep 05 Posts: 281 Credit: 554,328 RAC: 0 |
Has the stars Sirius and its dim companion ever been seached in that portion of space. |
Keith Myers Send message Joined: 29 Apr 01 Posts: 13161 Credit: 1,160,866,277 RAC: 1,873 |
Good question. I don't know if there is a list somewhere of just where the Search has looked. Other than looking at the Science Status page and seeing if by chance the current telescope RA and DEC position match Sirius, it would hard to know based on the data exposed to the public as far as I can tell. Sirius B is just now opening up enough separation to be visible again in large telescopes. I've caught it once in a big scope under excellent conditions many years ago. Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association) |
Tom95134 Send message Joined: 27 Nov 01 Posts: 216 Credit: 3,790,200 RAC: 0 |
However, on a long shot Jeff suggested I reseat all the drives (most of which have been mounted in the system since we first got it roughly 8 years ago). I think this is the equivalent of "Have you tried a bigger hammer?" However, it may solve the problem. The wiping action on the connection fingers can do wonders for those "bits" than haven't been moved for a long time. Thanks to you guys for all your efforts to keep SETI up an running.[/i] |
KWSN THE Holy Hand Grenade! Send message Joined: 20 Dec 05 Posts: 3187 Credit: 57,163,290 RAC: 0 |
However, on a long shot Jeff suggested I reseat all the drives (most of which have been mounted in the system since we first got it roughly 8 years ago). Actually it's the equivalent of the "pick it up a couple o' inches and drop it" or "Gravity re-seat" which we sometimes used on CRT terminals back when I was running big iron... (the shock would re-seat the cards in the terminal... and this worked suprisingly often, particularly on terminals in non-office environments...) . Hello, from Albany, CA!... |
Odysseus Send message Joined: 26 Jul 99 Posts: 1808 Credit: 6,701,347 RAC: 6 |
[…] I don't know if there is a list somewhere of just where the Search has looked. Not in detail AFAIK, but since Arecibo can only ‘look’ within a radius of about 20° from its zenith, the declination range it can cover is limited, as shown in grey in the skymap at Where in the sky? Other than looking at the Science Status page and seeing if by chance the current telescope RA and DEC position match Sirius, it would hard to know based on the data exposed to the public as far as I can tell. Since Sirius (α CMa) is at Dec. –16°43', it’s some 15° too far south for Arecibo to ‘see’. |
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