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Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by BIONICLE ALEX
What do you think it is?
It's a pulsar that is 10,400 light years away from Earth. (3.2kpc)
arxiv.org...
There is another result relative to the Fermi work, which is still
"secret". For the last 5 years, I have been timing PSR J1741+1351
(p2176). The results are not yet published, but they are very
interesting: proper motion, parallax, a reasonably good estimate of
the mass from the Shapiro delay, and a measurement of the change in
apparent orbital size due to the proper motion. This gives us a good
estimate of the orientation of the system in space. I am aiming for a
publication time later this year.
Originally posted by css1981
Verry interresting link ....
There is another result relative to the Fermi work, which is still
"secret". For the last 5 years, I have been timing PSR J1741+1351
(p2176). The results are not yet published, but they are very
interesting: proper motion, parallax, a reasonably good estimate of
the mass from the Shapiro delay, and a measurement of the change in
apparent orbital size due to the proper motion. This gives us a good
estimate of the orientation of the system in space. I am aiming for a
publication time later this year.
It makes you wonder.... are they really talking about a pulsar.... or do they know more ?
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by css1981
The "secret" is that the scientist thinks he may have found a new and better way to test the strong equivalence principle.
en.wikipedia.org...
They are talking about pulsars.
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by BIONICLE ALEX
What they are calling what? What are you talking about?
They are very specific about what they are doing. Just because you don't understand a word of it does not mean it's in code.
Project Code: AO-4, GBT-4
Title : HI Emission in Extended Galaxies
Advisors : Drs. K. O'Neil (GBT) & C. J. Salter (AO)
Students : Rik Williams, Prasanth Nair, Stephen Redman, Maarten Baes (AO-4).
Sabrina Stierwalt, Sabina Sabatini, Cristy Bredeson, Simona Toscano (GBT-4)
This project is designed to demonstrate the fundamentals of spectral line observing. Two different groups will observe the same galaxies using the GBT (one group) and Arecibo (the 2nd group). Of the galaxies observed, a number have HI emission known to extend beyond the Arecibo beam, while some do not. The results from the two telescopes will be compared to determine the extent of the sources. Beam maps of the Arecibo telescope will also be made, as well as calibration (gain) measurements for both telescopes. These will be used to both to calibrate the data and to aid in understanding the results.
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by BIONICLE ALEX
Say about what? Don't tell me you're talking about the "UFO" bit. Ok, here's what I have to say about it.
That is a report from a student project. Students learning about how to use the Arecibo radio telescope and it's hard to tell exactly what they are talking about since it's a powerpoint presentation with no text to go along with it. I see a galaxy, various spectral emission plots, and a hokey flying saucer picture.
Project Code: AO-4, GBT-4
Title : HI Emission in Extended Galaxies
Advisors : Drs. K. O'Neil (GBT) & C. J. Salter (AO)
Students : Rik Williams, Prasanth Nair, Stephen Redman, Maarten Baes (AO-4).
Sabrina Stierwalt, Sabina Sabatini, Cristy Bredeson, Simona Toscano (GBT-4)
This project is designed to demonstrate the fundamentals of spectral line observing. Two different groups will observe the same galaxies using the GBT (one group) and Arecibo (the 2nd group). Of the galaxies observed, a number have HI emission known to extend beyond the Arecibo beam, while some do not. The results from the two telescopes will be compared to determine the extent of the sources. Beam maps of the Arecibo telescope will also be made, as well as calibration (gain) measurements for both telescopes. These will be used to both to calibrate the data and to aid in understanding the results.
www.naic.edu...
edit on 9/22/2010 by Phage because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by BIONICLE ALEX
Yes. I did. That's what I'm talking about.
Notice the names. It's the students' project.
edit on 9/22/2010 by Phage because: (no reason given)
Jeez they are cut! how can I fit it in the page?