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Kiska Send message Joined: 31 Mar 12 Posts: 302 Credit: 3,067,762 RAC: 0 
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I am sorry if this has been answered elsewhere on the forums but what stops us from having another source of data from other telescopes? There are several in the world that collect data, that we could perhaps piggyback on. Such as: KAT-7 - 1200 - 1950 Mhz MeerKAT - 580 - 1015 Mhz, 1000 - 1750 Mhz GMRT(Giant Meterwave radio telescope) - 50 - 1500 Mhz Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder(ASKAP) - 700 - 1800 Mhz Australia Telescope Compact Array(ATCA) - 1400 Mhz Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory - 660 - 22000 Mhz Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope - 408 - 86000 Mhz Allen Telescope Array - 500 - 11200 Mhz This list is just a small picking that is listed on Wikipedia and 20 minutes of time. And when the Square Kilometer array is built will we get data from that site as well? ID: 1782992 ·  |
 tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 
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Parkes in Australia is giving data to Einstein@home, and I am crunching its data in GPU tasks. Tullio ID: 1782998 · |
Gary Charpentier     Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31075 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 
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lord666 Send message Joined: 20 Apr 16 Posts: 29 Credit: 175,924 RAC: 0 |
somewhat related... are seti telescopes able to detect the motion of spacecraft? i.e. do the telescopes "know" that spacex recently sent a rocket to space? us ur-quan have been able to mask our communications to pass as typical space noise just in case the kohr-ah or utwig are spying on us (they always are) ID: 1783014 · |
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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22606 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 
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Yes and no.... Years ago the Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank was used to track satellites - it is one of the most agile large radio dishes in the World. Other dishes are equipped with transmitters so can act as radar, but in the main these days most satellite communication and tracking uses the network of dedicated ground stations, which are designed for the purpose rather than staring for hours (days) into the further reaches of space. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? ID: 1783020 · |
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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31075 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32
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somewhat related... are seti telescopes able to detect the motion of spacecraft? i.e. do the telescopes "know" that spacex recently sent a rocket to space?Motion, no, earthlings have no motion sensor tech. Listen to radio transmitters on spacecraft, yes. Track, some maybe. Spacecraft move across the sky and not all radio telescopes can turn as fast as a spacecraft moves across the sky. 
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Kiska Send message Joined: 31 Mar 12 Posts: 302 Credit: 3,067,762 RAC: 0
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A radio telescope is not free to operate. Ok so its more of SETI funding rather than technical issues that are preventing us from using some(most) telescopes ID: 1783028 · |
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tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1
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Not every radioastronomer in the world is interested in SETI. This apart from funding problems in SETI@home. Tullio ID: 1783261 · |
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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22606 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380
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...and quite a few of the smaller telescopes just haven't got the resolution required for anything other than a general sky-scan. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? ID: 1783271 · |
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