Well Im very new to this Seti community. Im attempting to ramp my knowledge up of this area, but am a very very 'newbie' entrant into Seti@home and the science involved. So here goes :)

Running Seti@home with in conjunction with Mapview and BoincLogX history manager. I recently finished a Work unit and got a 'red' marker on the map, that had a triplet score of 9.55xx. Im not sure if this is considered high in the scheme of things.

What is more interesting is that it seems to be smack bang on the Star HD 3651, that is marked as having one planet in orbit. Probably a gas giant, but still being an amateur and seeing one of my work units getting a reasonably above normal (?) hit on a planetary system. Does this happen on a daily basis, should I be excited. Comments most welcome!

Thanks

Pete

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Don't get your hopes up too high. I don't know how often this happens, or even what is considered a good score. If this is a legitimate signal, it will have to be observed in other WU's from other computers, and at different recording times, and at different locations. If this signal still holds valid, then the team will take this and other possibilities to an observatory for some individual time. If it passes this test then the information will be given to other groups around the world for investigation to help eliminate other sources of error. There is another thread in this forum about analyzing data in "real time" which might help speed this process.

There is actually a set of "rules" written for observers to follow should they find ETI. Unfortunately, I don't have the URL for the document. :(

As one can see, there are many steps that must be traversed prior to making a public announcement.

I am glad to see you on the SETI project and I welcome your enthusiasm. This is exactly what the science community needs. New people, new ideas, and enthusiasm. But, I digress.

Jim

Probably a gas giant, but still being an amateur and seeing one of my work units getting a reasonably above normal (?) hit on a planetary system. Does this happen on a daily basis, should I be excited. Comments most welcome!

Thanks

Pete

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thanks for your reply and information Jim. I now have a better understanding of the protocols in analyzing seti information. While Im far from the 'eureka' stage of finding a positive signal in my WU, its nice to know that at least it might be the first step into something quite large :)

It did dawn on me as well, that Im pinpointing a marker on a 2d representation of 3d space. Im still not sure, how seti@home map view represents accurately on a 2d plane. More research needed on my part, the learning curve contiunes :)

Thanks again

Pete

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I'm glad to see you have an interest in science and in SETI.

Keep in mind there are other projects that may also spark your interest. Even if you don't crunch for them, they offer lots of good reading.

Jim

PS One other thing that I forgot to mention is that SETI actually inserts known test signals in an effort to verify that the system is still working. Also, there are plenty of man made and known sources of natural interference that will show up on our screen but will be filtered out later in the analysis.

I think it is all very facinating.

thanks for your reply and information Jim. I now have a better understanding of the protocols in analyzing seti information. While Im far from the 'eureka' stage of finding a positive signal in my WU, its nice to know that at least it might be the first step into something quite large :)

It did dawn on me as well, that Im pinpointing a marker on a 2d representation of 3d space. Im still not sure, how seti@home map view represents accurately on a 2d plane. More research needed on my part, the learning curve contiunes :)

Thanks again

Pete

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A seti/boinc user contacted me via Yahoo messenger. He has not yet acquired the credits needed to post this himself so he asked me to do it for him. Below is a copy of the message.

Jim

muench_alexander: hi i have some interesting things ...to your post in the comunyty ....i want to post there but i cant cause errormessages ....rigth now i also have high triplet scores look here

WU1

Gaussian score : 4.245509
Pulse score : 0.946039
Spike score : -0.129899
Triplet score : 10.145398


WU2

Gaussian score : 3.592885
Pulse score : 0.973410
Spike score : -0.195390
Triplet score : 8.101266

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