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Wow! Signal

Astronomer Jerry Ehman noticed an unusually strong narrowband radio signal in data from Ohio State University's Big Ear telescope and wrote 'Wow!' beside the computer printout. The signal lasted for the 72-second observing window and was never detected again in the same way.

⌖ Big Ear radio telescope, Ohio, United States1977reported
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Astronomer Jerry Ehman noticed an unusually strong narrowband radio signal in data from Ohio State University's Big Ear telescope and wrote 'Wow!' beside the computer printout. The signal lasted for the 72-second observing window and was never detected again in the same way.

Source classification: documented · Status: reported.

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