Open Hits (last six)

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Time(UTC) 
Target 
In 
Scan_Id 
HIT ID 
Start Freq 
ET Freq 
ET bin 
2021-12-04 18:31:02
ALTAIR
Aquila
13278
309
1456209970
1456212778
2124
2021-12-04 18:14:07
ALTAIR
Aquila
13278
309
1456209970
1456212778
2124
2021-12-04 17:57:09
ALTAIR
Aquila
13277
308
1456200900
1456212757
2071
2021-12-04 15:59:16
BRACHIUM
Libra
13266
307
1456214000
1456217257
2428
2021-12-04 15:57:33
BRACHIUM
Libra
13266
307
1456214000
1456217257
2428
2021-12-04 15:55:51
BRACHIUM
Libra
13266
307
1456214000
1456217257
2428

Drilling down into the SETI data:

SETI Net is collecting data according to this plan:

  1. Constellations- The sky above SETI Net is marked off into 88 constellations. For convenience an 89th called 'Special' is included.
  2. Right Ascension- The constellations are distributed across the sky in hours of Right Ascension.
  3. Targets- Most (but not all) constellations contain Target stars. There are about 370 targets. From time to time a target will be added. The targets were chosen as places to point, a way to keep score. When your see 'A signal detected in constellation Virgo at target Spica' it means that the station is pointing its antenna at that location not that the signal is actually coming from Spica.
  4. Scans- When a particular target is searched its called a scan. A scan has a starting date/time and a starting frequency. When a scan is completed the ending frequency and date/time are added to the scan data. Scans always scan upwards in frequency in jumps of 20 KHz. Each 20 KHz chunk requires between 5 and 25 minutes to complete (depending on station setup.
  5. Hit- When the stations software detects a signal during a scan it marks it as a Hit. Select a Scan that shows at least one Hit to see what it contains. If the hit has been determined to not be from ET it is marked as 'falsified'. If a Hit cannot be falsified it is marked as 'Open'.
  6. SETI Data - When a Hit is detected the stations starts collecting data. Select a Hit to see the data it contains.
    • Notes - Annotation on a hit with information about the process of falsification.
    • JPG file - The station automatically converts a large search buffer into a JPG image for reference. This can be downloaded by clicking on the file name. The JPGs are very large horizontally and require scrolling to see from one side to the other. They are about 400 pixels high. The file name is encode as Year/Month/Day/Hour/Minute/Second. Always UTC
    • WAV file - The station also collects the raw WAV data directly from the receiver and saves it as well. You may download this data and play it back if you wish. The file name is encode as Year/Month/Day Hour/Minute/Second
    • SML - All the engineering parameters about the station are collected for each SETI Data set. The SML data is also replicated inside each of the JPGs and WAVs for complete identification of the data