From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Tue Apr 13 2004 - 08:20:46 PDT
Please note that supernovae may be a way for ETI to get the attention of other civilizations. Since SN are among the brightest objects in space, theoretically a society could transmit messages in the direction opposite to a SN hoping that any astronomers studying the natural phenomenon might also pick up the artificial signal.
This is why I have been advocating to The SETI League for a long time that whenever a SN appears, the Argus stations should study that area of space. Have any Argus members been conducting such studies as of late?
On a related note:
http://www.setileague.org/articles/gammaray.htm Larry
----- Original Message -----
On Apr 9, 2004, at 5:12 AM, Dr. H. Paul Shuch wrote:
>> From: "John P. Roberts" <jpr602_at_mac.com<mailto:jpr602_at_mac.com>>
I agree. I had been under the impression that a significant fraction of
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/ps/lists/Supernovae.html I do think that if a SETI contact is ever made, it's fairly likely than
J.P. Roberts
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From: John P. Roberts<mailto:jpr602_at_mac.com>
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Subject: Re: SETI public: Re: SETI bioastro: Fw: Special AAVSO MyNewsFlash - SN 2004bd in NGC 3786
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>> otherwise I can't tell what's special about it; it's the 56th
>> supernova of 2004. Maybe someone can clue me in.
>
> It's always exciting when a scientific discovery (whether special or
> not) is made by an amateur. Should give us in The SETI League some
> encouragement.
supernovae were discovered by amateurs; it looks like it's actually a
small fraction.
it will be made by an amateur.
WJ7P
Eugene, Oregon