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Green Bank Telescope observations to start Saturday.
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Eric Korpela Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1382 Credit: 54,506,847 RAC: 60 |
Grad student Andrew Siemion reports that new modifications to a data recorder at Green Bank that we need for our Kepler SETI observations are now complete, thanks to a huge amount of help from Paul Demorest, a former grad student and one of initial authors of AstroPulse. Our first hour of test time is scheduled for this Saturday, 17:30 EDT. We'll be observing with 450 seconds per target on 90 Kepler field stars with interesting planet candidates (~habitable zone, ~Earth size, ~Earth period, ~several planets), then do a raster scan of the entire Kepler field. @SETIEric@qoto.org (Mastodon) |
Claggy Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4654 Credit: 47,537,079 RAC: 4 |
Thanks Eric for the update, Claggy |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
Eric, why 800 MHz? Is it a Green Bank feature or there is any other reason? Tullio |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
It's not a feature, it's a bug! Err.. wait.... |
Cheopis Send message Joined: 17 Sep 00 Posts: 156 Credit: 18,451,329 RAC: 0 |
Eric, why 800 MHz? Is it a Green Bank feature or there is any other reason? Well, if ET is trying to phone us, he might be using a old wireless phone? <grin> |
Dave Send message Joined: 29 Mar 02 Posts: 778 Credit: 25,001,396 RAC: 0 |
<Still coming back down from week away.> "Meanwhile, in SETILand..." So what does this mean for us? Will there be a few interesting work-units heading our way? |
Jason Safoutin Send message Joined: 8 Sep 05 Posts: 1386 Credit: 200,389 RAC: 0 |
Will this apply to only those who will/are using beta software or will 'WUs' be distributed as they are now to all clients? "By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible". Hebrews 11.3 |
The_PC_God Send message Joined: 4 Apr 02 Posts: 8 Credit: 1,020,716 RAC: 0 |
This really sounds interesting. I hope there will be more information soon on upcoming workunits or something else.. |
Silvester the furious Send message Joined: 19 Nov 10 Posts: 79 Credit: 1,734,928 RAC: 0 |
YES! I am gleaming and laughing like a lunatic!! We are getting close, I can feel it, you can call it foolish optimism in the face of odds, but isn't it odd that the odds are only odd if they actually are? "The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax." --Albert Einstein DON'T TREAD ON ME! |
Jon Golding Send message Joined: 20 Apr 00 Posts: 105 Credit: 841,861 RAC: 0 |
After the Kepler data are recorded, will we continue to piggy back and record data on the Green Bank telescope? Or is this a one-off? |
Jeff Mercer Send message Joined: 14 Aug 08 Posts: 90 Credit: 162,139 RAC: 0 |
Hello ! Thanks for the update, and let me be the first to say, "Welcome To West Virginia" !! Green Bank is only a few hours from my location. I wish you well with the work that you are going to do there. I've been there several times, and it was impressive. There is a MONSTER radio telescope there, plus many others. Any idea as to what radio telescope that you will be using ?? Once again, Welcome to WEST Virginia ! |
Dave Barstow Send message Joined: 14 May 99 Posts: 76 Credit: 15,064,044 RAC: 0 |
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Hugo A. Durantini Luca Send message Joined: 24 Sep 09 Posts: 14 Credit: 7,253,842 RAC: 10 |
Cools news! And I agree with Silvester the furious, really exciting indeed! |
Jeff Mercer Send message Joined: 14 Aug 08 Posts: 90 Credit: 162,139 RAC: 0 |
Most likely, but only guessing, it will be the GBT, a/k/a The Great Big Telescope, OR officially as The Green Bank Telescope. Never heard anyone refer to that dish as the GBT, but that IS a good name for it. That thing is HUGE ! I sure hope that SETI gets to use that baby !! I stood under it when I was there. IMPRESSIVE. HUGE ! |
edjcox Send message Joined: 20 May 99 Posts: 96 Credit: 5,878,353 RAC: 0 |
Does this mean we will be getting to process this data? Can one electo to focus on this verss the old data from the static view RT? I'd love to work on this? Given we are exploring targeted sets instead of random sky scans... Never engage stupid people at their level, they then have the home court advantage..... |
PKII Send message Joined: 28 May 07 Posts: 166 Credit: 2,729,646 RAC: 0 |
450 seconds? What if ET is broadcasting a repeated signal every 10 minutes? : / |
Eric Korpela Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1382 Credit: 54,506,847 RAC: 60 |
450 seconds? We get the amount of time that the folks that run the telescope let us have. There are only 8760 hours in a year, and we can't have all of them. And, yes, it is the GBT that we are using. @SETIEric@qoto.org (Mastodon) |
Mr. Kevvy Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 3806 Credit: 1,114,826,392 RAC: 3,319 |
Excellent news! Will these new workunits require a science app. update? Just checking as then folks such as myself using non-standard/optimized science apps. (ie Lunatics) can watch for the new apps. so we can process Kepler work. |
Jeff Mercer Send message Joined: 14 Aug 08 Posts: 90 Credit: 162,139 RAC: 0 |
450 seconds? WOW !! You are using that MONSTER !!!! That makes me really HAPPY ! I don't know if any of you have seen this radio telescope, but it is a MONSTER ! I stood under it when I was there, and I felt like a little bug. Don't quote me, but if I remember correctly, they said that it is bigger than a football field. Really BIG ! Glad that SETI is going to get to use it. I might just take a little trip down that way. How long will you be there ? |
Alinator Send message Joined: 19 Apr 05 Posts: 4178 Credit: 4,647,982 RAC: 0 |
LOL... I'm just glad it looks like we have now something more 'South' of we've been looking at so far PiP (Proved in Principle)! That has to be a good thing, considering all the other bad news lately! :-) |
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