Arecibo Radio Telescope News

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• Arecibo pulsar survey is using 50,000 PCs worldwide to generate supercomputing power
  

  In the search for yet-undiscovered pulsars or ultra-fast spinning neutron stars, a grand-scale sky survey at the Cornell-managed Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico is now taking advantage of the combined processing power of personal computers around the world.

  
  
  
• Students Discover Previously Undetected Pulsar
  According to the Browsville Herald students at UTB-TSC discover new pulsar.
  
  
• Arecibo takes part in the opening event of the International Year of Astronomy
  Arecibo is joining 16 other telescopes around the world to form a 'global telescope' to celebrate the start of the International Year of Astronomy. The observations, coordinated from the Netherlands, will follow three quasars for a 24-hour period. Arecibo will join ...
  
  
• AO Newsletter
  

  The Arecibo Observatory Newsletter for December 2008 is now available for download