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Re: A different kind of positional astronomy
From: Brad Morris
Date: 2017 Oct 18, 14:22 -0400
From: Brad Morris
Date: 2017 Oct 18, 14:22 -0400
Jing
The LIGO detector was only able to provide an observation to 28°. The much finer observed values utilized different spectrums.
Brad
On Oct 18, 2017 2:10 PM, "Jing C" <NoReply_JingC@fer3.com> wrote:
Scientists were able to use gravity waves to locate a kilonova in a specific region of the sky, and point their telescopes there to witness it:
Unfortunately, I don't think handheld gravity wave detectors will be a thing for a long, long time to come.