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Proxima b - nearest exoplanet and in life-supporting belt
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Raistmer Send message Joined: 16 Jun 01 Posts: 6325 Credit: 106,370,077 RAC: 121 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxima_Centauri_b All possible targeted observations should be done in that direction IMO. SETI apps news We're not gonna fight them. We're gonna transcend them. |
JLDun Send message Joined: 21 Apr 06 Posts: 573 Credit: 196,101 RAC: 0 |
Without knowing the appropriate resolution that we'd get... Wouldn't a "visual" telescope work better to start with? |
Raistmer Send message Joined: 16 Jun 01 Posts: 6325 Credit: 106,370,077 RAC: 121 |
I meant targeted SETI radio-observations like those going under BreakThrough Listen to be precise.Optical SETI could look there too. But hardly current optical telescopes resolution could be enough to hope to see planet as separate object directly. From other side, in radiowaves range resolution much higher (telescopes like Arecibo, RATAN-600 and radio-interferometers with super-long base ~ Earth radius) and should be enough to locate radio-sources (if any) directly to the planet. SETI apps news We're not gonna fight them. We're gonna transcend them. |
JLDun Send message Joined: 21 Apr 06 Posts: 573 Credit: 196,101 RAC: 0 |
This may be a "we get such GREAT pictures from the Hubble, so why not... ?" question, but why couldn't someone just, maybe,... request time on the Hubble? |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11360 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
$, NASA and the NSF don't have money for SETI |
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