OTD In Space – November 16: Arecibo Observatory Broadcasts Interstellar Information

.On Nov 16, 1974, people delivered their 1st notification to the celebrities in an attempt to get in touch with extraterrestrials. They did this utilizing what was after that the largest broadcast telescope on the planet, situated at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. A team of researchers led by Frank Drake and Carl Sagan sent their notification to the M13 star cluster.

The information was actually written in binary code and included info concerning human DNA. It also consisted of numbers of a human, the planetary system and the Arecibo telescope. The concept was actually that if any sort of invaders were to obtain the sign and figure out exactly how to translate it, they would know where it originated from.

Due to the fact that M13 is actually 25,000 light-years away, it will certainly take 25,000 years for any M13 invaders to hear our notification– if they are flatten there certainly. The Arecibo information is a single of many information aimed for e.t.s. Our team have actually likewise featured information on several spacecraft, such as Leader and also Voyager.