Lick Observatory Optical SETI: Targeted Search and New Directions

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Oct 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005asbio...5..604s&link_type=abstract

Astrobiology, Volume 5, Issue 5, pp. 604-611.

Biology

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Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Optical Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Interstellar Communication, Laser

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Lick Observatory's Optical SETI (search for extraterrestrial intelligence) program has been in regular operation for 4.5 years. We have observed 4,605 stars of spectral types F M within 200 light-years of Earth. Occasionally, we have appended objects of special interest, such as stars with known planetary systems. We have observed 14 candidate signals ("triple coincidences"), all but one of which are explained by transient local difficulties. Additional observations of the remaining candidate have failed to confirm arriving pulse events. We now plan to proceed in a more economical manner by operating in an unattended drift scan mode. Between operational and equipment modifications, efficiency will more than double.

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