Prof. Abel MendezThis is a brief account of the day the Wow! Signal was detected, including some lesser-known details, with more to come. #RadioAstronomy #Astrobiology #SETI #WowSignal #AreciboWow https://phl.upr.edu/wow/story
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The night before, the Ohio State University Radio Observatory—better known as Big Ear—had been methodically scanning the sky, observing at a declination of -26 degrees. The observation continued into the morning of Monday, August 15, 1977, finally concluding at 10:40 AM. With that session complete,