Visiting LIGO Facility
6 Mar 2005 17:29:57 UTC
Topic 188317
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As a Seti cruncher who has branched out to other BOINC running DC projects I was happy to start crunching for Einstein@home. Even more suprised to learn that LIGO is about 14 miles north of where we live. Plan on traveling to the facility on the visit day next Saturday and drag the spouse along for a physics lesson.
Glad they are putting some of the vast areas of sage brush to good use out at the "Lazy H Ranch" (Hanford Nuclear Reservation), although LIGO is outside of the security checkpoints near the south edge.
Visiting LIGO Facility
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HECK ... BEEN DRIVING PAST THE FACILITY FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS NOW ...
NOW I RECON WILL HAVE TO GO VISIT
> As a Seti cruncher who has
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> As a Seti cruncher who has branched out to other BOINC running DC projects I
> was happy to start crunching for Einstein@home. Even more suprised to learn
> that LIGO is about 14 miles north of where we live. Plan on traveling to the
> facility on the visit day next Saturday and drag the spouse along for a
> physics lesson.
>
> Glad they are putting some of the vast areas of sage brush to good use out at
> the "Lazy H Ranch" (Hanford Nuclear Reservation), although LIGO is outside of
> the security checkpoints near the south edge.
>
>There was a public information campaign during the second world war over here in the UK. "careless talk costs lives"
Yours,
Mustapha Kamboomski
you can lead a horse to water but a pencil must be led
RE: Visiting LIGO Facility
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RE: Visiting LIGO Facility
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See LIGO Hanford Observatory
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See LIGO Hanford Observatory Home Page.
I think LHO is quite happy to have visitors, but please keep in mind that we are in the middle of the S4 science run for the next two weeks, so the staff have their hands quite full and there is some need to keep the site as quiet as possible.
If possible, I suggest you postpone your visit until after the S4 run is over!
[Last week of March].
Cheers,
Bruce
Director, Einstein@Home
Please do come by an visit
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Please do come by an visit the lab, especially after the S4 science run as Bruce notes. We have a regular tour of the facility, each 2nd Saturday of the month at 1:30pm. Furthermore, in honour of the World Year of Physics and the anniversary of Einstein's 1905 annus mirabilus, we are hosting a series of lectures, films, and astronomical observations, please join us:
http://www.ligo-wa.caltech.edu/world_year/iyp_events05.html