Project Goal: To continue the search for microwave (and millimeter wave) signals of extraterrestrial intelligent origin and to extend the search into the infrared and visible spectrums.
Project Objectives:
| 1. | To use existing large ground-based optical telescopes to carry out a Targeted Search of about 800 nearby solar-type stars with spectral resolution (100 kHz) and sensitivity (1016 m2/W). For selected laser wavelength bands corresponding to atmospheric windows in the visible and infrared wavelength range (350 nm to 11,000 nm). |
| 2. | To use existing large ground-based optical telescopes to carry out a Targeted Search of about 800 nearby solar-type stars with spectral resolution (100 kHz) and sensitivity (1014 m2/W). For wavelength bands corresponding to atmospheric windows in the visible and infrared wavelength range (350 nm to 11,000 nm). |
| 3. | To use existing large ground-based optical telescopes to carry out a Targeted Search of about 1 million nearby solar-type stars with spectral resolution (100 kHz) and sensitivity (1016 m2/W). For selected laser wavelength bands corresponding to atmospheric windows in the visible and infrared wavelength range (350 nm to 11,000 nm). |
| 4. | To solicit the help of dedicated groups of amateur astronomers to conduct with their ground-based optical telescopes a Targeted Search of about 800 nearby solar-type stars with spectral resolution (<1 nm) and sensitivity (1010 m2/W). For selected wavelength bands in the visible and infrared wavelength range (350 nm to 11,000 nm). |
Duration: 2000 - 2010.
Cost: $20 million for starters. Assumes use of existing large ground-based telescopes, and the cost of modifying the telescopes for adaptive reception and Optical SETI.
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