Re: VLB radio SETI

>>>>> "JS" == Jonathan Silverlight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

JS> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Joseph Lazio
JS> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>>>>>>> "MW" == Mike Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
MW> A far better use of such multiple dishes would be that which is
MW> already being done by setileague. A large number of small
MW> individual receivers can be used to watch vast areas of sky (...).

>> Agreed, because it could do more than SETI.  We have an extremely
>> poor idea of how the radio sky looks on short time scales.  We know
>> that there are gamma-ray bursts, there are some reported optical
>> transients, but we know next to nothing about potential radio
>> transients.

JS> I'm astonished. It's been almost 40 years since the pulsars were
JS> discovered - and initially dubbed LGM :-)

:)

We do know a little bit about the transient radio sky.  Pulsars are
one example.  There have been various radio transient sources detected
serendipitously.  In general, though, wide-field, unbiased surveys for
radio transients have not been carried out.  Thus, there could be lots
of other surprises awaiting us.

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