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The Ohio SETI Program - the First Decade

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Robert S. Dixon
Robert S. Dixon*
Affiliation:
Ohio State University Radio Observatory, 2015 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210

Abstract

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A full-time dedicated SETI progam has been in operation at Ohio State University since 1973. A 50-channel narrowband filter bank is in use near the 21 cm. hydrogen-line. All data is processed in real time and permanently recorded. A large portion of the northern sky has been surveyed and analyzed for large-scale structure. The only obvious non-random structure is caused by isolated narrowband pulses, which are anti-correlated with galactic latitude, and congregate in two specific areas. The origin of these pulses is unknown, although they may be partially due to instrumental effects.

Type
Section V. Radio Searches - Recent Observations
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 112: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life: Recent Developments , 1985 , pp. 305 - 314
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1985 

References

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