Using the Very Large Array (VLA) and other radio telescopes to perform a parasitic Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)

J Tarter

doi:10.1016/0094-5765(85)90021-9

Using the Very Large Array (VLA) and other radio telescopes to perform a parasitic Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)

Acta Astronaut. 1985;12(11):959-62. doi: 10.1016/0094-5765(85)90021-9.

Author

J Tarter¹

Affiliation

¹ Astronomy Department, University of California, Berkeley 94720, USA.

PMID: 11539666
DOI: 10.1016/0094-5765(85)90021-9

Abstract

This paper describes several attempts to utilize various radio telescopes in a manner that we term "parasitic," that is in a manner that does not interrupt or seriously impact the standard astronomical observing programs in progress at the radio observatories. In the extreme case, only recorded astronomical data are accessed off-line, after the fact, without any burden on the observatory at all.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Astronomy / instrumentation*
Communication
Computer Systems
Exobiology / instrumentation*
Extraterrestrial Environment*
Radio Waves
Research Design