DATE 2000 - ON
OBSERVER(S) BHATHAL AND DARCY
SITE CAMPBELLTOWN ROTARY OBSERVATORY, OZ OSETI
INSTR. SIZE (M) 0.4 AND 0.3
SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) 550 nm
FREQ. RES. (Hz) NONE
OBJECTS 200 SOLAR-TYPE STARS AND 25 GLOBULAR CLUSTERS
FLUX LIMITS (W/m 2 ) 6 x 10 -9 PEAK DURING 1ns PULSE
TOTAL HOURS ONGOING
REFERENCE 73
COMMENTS Dedicated telescope built for SETI. Uses high time resolution photodiodes in coincidence to search for laser pulses, and coincidence between two telescopes separated by 20 m to bring down false alarm rate. Soon to be teamed with microwave search of same objects.
DATE 2000 - ON
OBSERVER(S) MONTEBUGNOLI (SETItalia)
SITE MEDICINA
INSTR. SIZE (M) 32
SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) 1415-1425 and 4255-4265
FREQ. RES. (Hz) 0.6
OBJECTS NORTHERN SKY
FLUX LIMITS (W/m 2 )
TOTAL HOURS ONGOING
REFERENCE 69
COMMENTS Commensal sky survey using Medicina telescope and SERENDIP signal processing boards.
DATE 2001 - ON
OBSERVER(S) DRAKE ET AL., LICK OPTICAL SETI
SITE LICK OBSERVATORY, UC SANTA CRUZ
INSTR. SIZE (M) 1 (NICKEL REFLECTOR)
SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) 550nm
FREQ. RES. (Hz) NONE
OBJECTS 5039 SOLAR-TYPE STARS PLANNED
FLUX LIMITS (W/m 2 ) 1 x 10 -9 PEAK DURING 1ns PULSE, OR 1 x 10-20 AVERAGE PER 100 SECOND OBSERVATION
TOTAL HOURS ONGOING, APPROXIMATELY 1  NIGHT PER WEEK
REFERENCE 77
COMMENTS Uses three photodiodes in coincidence to eliminate background events.
DATE JUNE 01, 2001
OBSERVER(S) SHIRAI, OYAMA, IMAI, AND ABE
SITE VLA
INSTR. SIZE (M)
SEARCH FREQ. (MHz) 22.235 GHz
FREQ. RES. (Hz) 6.104 KHz
OBJECTS 13
FLUX LIMITS (W/m 2 ) 20 mJy
TOTAL HOURS
REFERENCE
COMMENTS Observed each star for 10 min.