E@H screensaver question

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I understand what the orange, red, green and blue symbols are, what's the grey disk that's divided into 3 segments?

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E@H screensaver question

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I understand what the orange, red, green and blue symbols are, what's the grey disk that's divided into 3 segments?


A representation of the Arecibo radio receiver dish, thus indicating for you the sky position that your current BRP WU search is focused upon.

Cheers, Mike.

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Thanks!!! Was bugging the

Thanks!!! Was bugging the crap out of me ~_~'

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I ought point out that the

I ought point out that the BRP data now includes other sources in addition to the Aricebo radio telescope now eg. Parkes. But I guess all such dishes stylize to look like the 'Mercedes' logo from above ..... :-)

Cheers, Mike.

I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...

... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal

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