Wow! signal
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The Wow! signal was a strong narrowband radio signal detected on August 15, 1977, by Ohio State University's Big Ear radio telescope in the United States, then used to support the search for extraterr
The Wow! signal represented as "6EQUJ5" on the computer printout, with Ehman's handwritten exclamation
The section of the computer printout containing the Wow! signal (bottom left), hand-dated "Aug 15, 1977". The original document is preserved by Ohio History Connection.
The Ohio State University Radio Observatory was a Kraus-type radio telescope located on the grounds of the Perkins Observatory at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio from 1963 to 1998. Known as
Wow! signal
…The Wow! signal was a strong narrowband radio signal detected on August 15, 1977, by Ohio State University's Big Ear radio telescope in the United States, then used to support the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. The signal appeared to come from the direction…
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