Posted on 11/25/2020 5:18:25 AM PST by Red Badger
The Wow! signal represented as "6EQUJ5". Credit: Big Ear Radio Observatory and North American AstroPhysical Observatory (NAAPO)
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Amateur astronomer and YouTuber Alberto Caballero, one of the founders of The Exoplanets Channel, has found a small amount of evidence for a source of the notorious Wow! signal. In his paper uploaded to the arXiv preprint server, Caballero describes searching the Gaia database for possible sun-like stars that might host an exoplanet capable of supporting intelligent life.
Back in 1977, astronomers working with the Big Ear Radio Telescope—at the time, situated in Delaware, Ohio—recorded a unique signal from somewhere in space. It was so strong and unusual that one of the workers on the team, Jerry Ehman, famously scrawled the word Wow! on the printout. Despite years of work and many man hours, no one has ever been able to trace the source of the signal or explain the strong, unique signal, which lasted for all of 72 seconds. Since that time, many people have suggested the only explanation for such a strong and unique signal is extraterrestrial intelligent life.
In this new effort, Caballero reasoned that if the source was some other life form, it would likely be living on an exoplanet—and if that were the case, it would stand to reason that such a life form might be living on a planet similar to Earth—one circling its own sun-like star. Pursuing this logic, Caballero began searching the publicly available Gaia database for just such a star. The Gaia database has been assembled by a team working at the Gaia observatory run by the European Space Agency. Launched back in 2013, the project has worked steadily on assembling the best map of the night sky ever created. To date, the team has mapped approximately 1.3 billion stars.
In studying his search results, Caballero found what appears to fit the bill—a star (2MASS 19281982-2640123) that is very nearly a mirror image of the sun—and is located in the part of the sky where the Wow! signal originated. He notes that there are other possible candidates in the area but suggests his candidate might provide the best launching point for a new research effort by astronomers who have the tools to look for exoplanets.
More information: An approximation to determine the source of the WOW! Signal, arXiv:2011.06090 [physics.pop-ph] arxiv.org/abs/2011.06090
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The vast majority at the time considered it a dark satellite. Nothing since that time has changed.
I remain doubtful. This guy is grasping at straws.
This guy is grasping at grants.............................
Good capture of one of the few moments that changed movie history.
I have never been able to change history. I do, however, change the future from time to time..................B^)
Dang it,I wish u were wrong but I fear u r correct. It means such bs projects will continue.
I once had a neighbor that was some kind of research scientist at a university.
I asked him what he ‘researched’.
He said, “Ways of getting grants to continue my research, mostly.”...................
Billy Joel is one of my favs!......................
I worked at such a place when I was in college. Those people are brilliant.
Yes, how they keep that money flowing never ceases to amaze me.................but considering the IQ of your local Congress-critter it should come as no surprise...........
I used to dislike his music until I watched ‘The Boy’s recently on Amazon.
Perhaps the dude
abides.
Hey, congresscritters have enough emotional iq to get elected. That’s sumthin. It’s rare.
“The Boys”
I really hate autocorrect.
Really.
No, really.
Really, really.
And even more than that. >
” The Boys “
I’ve liked his music ever since “Piano Man”...............
It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday
Regular crowd shuffles in
There’s an old man sittin’ next to me
Makin’ love to his tonic and gin
He says: “Son can you play me a memory?”
I’m not really sure how it goes
But it’s sad and it’s sweet and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man’s clothes
La-la-la de-de da
La-la de-de da da-da
Sing us a song you’re the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well we’re all in the mood for a melody
And you’ve got us feelin’ alright
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he’s quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
But there’s someplace that he’d rather be
He says Bill I believe this is killing me
As a smile ran away from his face
Well I’m sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place
Oh, la-la-la de-de da
La-la de-de da da-da
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he’s talkin’ with Davy who’s still in the navy
And probably will be for life
And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it’s better than drinkin’ alone
Sing us the song you’re the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well we’re all in the mood for a melody
And you’ve got us feelin’ alright
It’s a pretty good crowd for a saturday
And the manager gives me a smile
‘Cause he knows that it’s me they’ve been comin’ to see
To forget about life for a while
And the piano it sounds like a carnival
And the microphone smells like a beer
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
And say man what are you doin’ here?
Oh, la-la-la de-de da
La-la de-de da da-da
Sing us the song you’re the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well we’re all in the mood for a melody
And you’ve got us feelin’ alright
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Billy Joel
Piano Man lyrics © Joelsongs\\
The dude could write. I dunno if that means he abided, but props to him 4
the writing.
Once I used to believe
I was such a great romancer
‘til I came home to a woman
I did not recognize
When I pressed her for a reason
She refused to even answer
It was then I felt the stranger
Kick me right between the eyes
Yes, I am a lyrics freak.
I love his lyrics.....................
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