Stardust@home

From the Stardust 06 Sep 06 status update : First, because the aerogel may be somewhat distorted during extraction, we may partially lose the ability to accurately determine where on the sky the particle originated. Can anybody elaborate on how the incoming direction of the particle in a track can b...

At times I seem to notice a pattern in the way calibration movies are presented to the user: a number of real movies, a sequence of 2-3 consecutive calibration movies, 1 or 2 real movies, another short sequence of 2-3 calibration movies, and then a number of real movies. If it is not just an impress...

Where can I find additional information on the interstellar dust stream from the direction of Sagittarius from which Stardust collected samples? When and how was it discovered? I have googled a bit, but there does not seem to be much material besides the short blurbs at the Stardust site. Thanks in ...

I would like the Stardust@Home team to officially comment on the high proportion of out of focus movies. Is this a real and known issue?


Paolo

News and updates on the Stardust@Home site provide timestamps in PDT time. Would it be possible to also include Universal Time? This would help non-US users.

Thanks,


Paolo

What does the "Examples" VM button do? It is not apparently mentioned in the training tutorial.


Paolo