Sightings2006

First dedicated optical SETI telescope opens at Harvard's Oak Ridge Observatory

Name: First dedicated optical SETI telescope opens at Harvard's Oak Ridge Observatory
Start: 2006-04-11
Location: Harvard, MA

When: 11 Apr 2006
Where: Harvard, MA
Sources: 3 public sources

Oak Ridge Observatory in Harvard, Massachusetts, home of the 72-inch optical SETI telescope Daderot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The Planetary Society and Harvard dedicated a 72-inch telescope at Oak Ridge Observatory in Harvard, Massachusetts, built only to look for brief laser-like flashes that could come from other civilizations. Physicist Paul Horowitz led the project, which surveyed the northern Milky Way.

Sources

FirsthandPlanetary Society Opens World's First Dedicated Optical SETI Telescope (opens in a new tab)The Planetary Society / 2006-04-11
PressQuesting Eye (opens in a new tab)Harvard Magazine / 2006-11
PressFirst optical telescope dedicated to SETI begins operation (opens in a new tab)Physics Today / 2006

How sources are chosen and tiered

Where it fits

Earlier in SightingsLeroy Chiao reports a line of lights seen during an ISS spacewalk28 Mar 2005 Later in SightingsO'Hare Airport sighting7 Nov 2006

See it on the timeline More in Sightings