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Originally posted by deltaalphanovember
How is this for a conspiracy:
10 years ago I had a date with, and kissed the author of the story entitled: Only the president can pardon this kiss...
Imagine my surprise.
Originally posted by Tom_Proctor
You know, there's not much HF propagation tonight, the atmosphere might be allowing more than usual to pass through. The sun is wacky today.
I think the better question is, why would an intelligent species not use radio waves, and instead visible or sub-visible light, which is what humans see, but not at those distances.
[edit on 4-5-2010 by Tom_Proctor]
Originally posted by Hillbilly123069
"Dr. Judy Faltskog ("Radio Astronomer working on government based projects in Europe, South America and the USA....")"
setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu...
She's rumored to work for the government. You cannot access the her info without membership. I have to agree it's worth keeping tabs.
Hi Gerhard,
As you figured, radio telescopes cannot detect "deep ultraviolet", and
certainly those here are not observing any of the stars mentioned.
But it is in the nature of conspiracy theories that any denial is taken as
proof of the conspiracy, so this was why I asked what response you
expected.
So it is a catch-22 situation for anyone you ask to confirm what you emailed.
Enjoy your day.
Mike Gaylard
Originally posted by cosmicpixie
I will say in Wayne's defence, having been following his FB page for months now, he is VERY choosy about what gets posted on his site. I made a post once about alien conspiracies and he deleted it, said he had to be careful what he associated himself with because of his work . I got the impression he is the type who is careful about his reputation - he has struggled enormously with his book , all sorts of weird goings on that seem to block it's progress which he's talked about lots on FB and his website. His findings are quite controversial and he thinks there may be stuff going on behind the scenes to try and put the lid on his research . He would not want to look like a fool, to be associated with a hoax as in having some deliberate part in a hoax and that's exactly what alot of people are thinking. If people start thinking he's deceptive it would likely put them OFF taking him and his work seriously ?
Originally posted by GerhardSA
Originally posted by deltaalphanovember
How is this for a conspiracy:
10 years ago I had a date with, and kissed the author of the story entitled: Only the president can pardon this kiss...
Imagine my surprise.
interesting....how well did you know her?
is she what she claims to be?
Originally posted by Tom_Proctor
I think the better question is, why would an intelligent species not use radio waves, and instead visible or sub-visible light, which is what humans see, but not at those distances.
Originally posted by cosmicpixie
He would not want to look like a fool, to be associated with a hoax as in having some deliberate part in a hoax and that's exactly what alot of people are thinking. If people start thinking he's deceptive it would likely put them OFF taking him and his work seriously ?
Ultraviolet observatories
Right now there are no dedicated ultraviolet observatories in orbit. The Hubble Space Telescope can perform a great deal of observing at ultraviolet wavelengths, but it has a very fairly small field of view. Until September 1996, the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) was operating and observing ultraviolet radiation. Its demise, although unfortunate, was hardly premature: IUE was launched in January, 1978 with planned operations of three years. IUE functioned more or less like a regular ground based observatory save that the telescope operator and scientist did not actually visit the telescope, but sent it commands from the ground. Other than some care in the selection of materials for filters, a UV telescope like IUE is very much like a regular visible light telescope.
In addition to IUE, there have been fairly important recent UV space missions. A reusable shuttle package called Astro has been flown twice in the cargo bay of the space shuttle: it consisted of a set of three UV telescopes. Unlike HST, the Astro UV telescopes had very large fields of view and so could take images of larger objects in the sky -- like galaxies. For instance, if the Hubble Space Telescope and the Astro telescopes were used to look at the Comet Hale-Bopp, Hubble would be able to take spectacular pictures of the core of the comet. The Astro telescopes would be able to take pictures of the entire comet, core and tail.
Extreme Ultraviolet observatories
There are two extreme ultraviolet observatories in space at the moment. One of them is the very first extreme ultraviolet observatory ever, the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE). Astronomers have been somewhat reluctant to explore from space at the extreme ultraviolet wavelengths since all theory strongly suggests that the interstellar medium (the tiny traces of gases and dust between the stars) would absorb radiation in this portion of the spectrum. However, when the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE) was launched, observations showed that the solar system is located within a bubble in the local interstellar medium. The region around the Sun is relativity devoid of gas and dust which allows the EUVE instruments to see much further than theory predicted. (my emphasis)
Another extreme ultraviolet observatory currently operating is the Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors (ALEXIS). Although its name indicates that it is an X-ray observatory, the range of energy ALEXIS is exploring is at the very lowest end of the X-ray spectrum and often considered to be extreme ultraviolet. ALEXIS was launched on 25 Apr 1993 on a Pegasus rocket. During launch, a hinge plate supporting one of the solar panels broke. However, the satellite survived, and the panel remains connected to the satellite via the electrical cables and a tether, and it still provides the requisite power to the satellite. ALEXIS is spinning about an axis pointed approximately toward the sun. ALEXIS provides sky maps on a daily basis whenever the satellite is not in a 100% sunlight orbit. These sky maps are used to study diffuse x-ray emission, monitor the brightness of known EUV objects, and to detect transient objects.
Originally posted by GerhardSA
the communication was not directed at earth and hunaminty per se...but some sort of intergallactic Comms between other civilisations and we only seem to have picked up on it...
Originally posted by GerhardSA
ok..here is the official reply from the Hartebees observatory here in SA
I quote:
Hi Gerhard,
As you figured, radio telescopes cannot detect "deep ultraviolet", and
certainly those here are not observing any of the stars mentioned.
But it is in the nature of conspiracy theories that any denial is taken as
proof of the conspiracy, so this was why I asked what response you
expected.
So it is a catch-22 situation for anyone you ask to confirm what you emailed.
Enjoy your day.
Mike Gaylard
So...there you have it. Game = OVER, well.... certainly from a perspective of South African Observatories being involved
[edit on 4-5-2010 by GerhardSA]