Wow@Home Radio Telescope: A Low-Cost SETI Search
2025-05-17
The Wow@Home project has built a network of inexpensive, easily replicable radio telescopes, emulating the observation protocol of the Big Ear radio telescope used in the Ohio SETI project in the 1970s. The system scans the sky at a fixed elevation, accumulating data through multiple full-sky scans, and effectively detects events lasting longer than a day. Future plans include improving sensitivity, adding multi-beam systems and interferometric capabilities to enhance detection capabilities and accuracy.
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low-cost astronomy