Stardust@home

I missed this calibration movie (6844203V1) and still can't find the track. Since I rarely get to do any stardusting now, I reviewed the tutorials again and still can't see it. A couple of features caught my eye initially but look the same as other pieces of dust or debris in the movie. I will appre...

Take a look at this Movie 2480459V1 . There seems to be a track (although quite faint) just under surface at coordinates (~150,~50). Unlike its 'neighbouring inclusion' towards the right at (~190,~30), this track appears pin-point upon focus. Though when I clicked on it, I was the only one out of 1...

I am only 59 and a half. I remember looking at sputnik in the night sky with my dad and wondering why all the grown-ups were amazed. I knew we would explore space simply because, as the saying goes, it was there. I could not have imagined I would explore for space particles at home while looking at ...

What am I missing? Movie 612113V1 passed cut 1 and has the comment "bad focus, cannot evaluate, will rescan". I have reviewed this movie several times and cannot see that it has bad focus. The surface is slanted, but it's evident that the little dots or inclusions come into focus below the...

Me, too. I vaguely remembered signing up. It's a bit thrilling seeing my name in the list.

sbl

Minkiemink, if you can get a picture the next time you put a stone in the aerogel, I would love to see it. I sell colored stones, so I know a bit about setting. It sounds like you do not need a mounting. Sort of a like a self-setting substance.

sbl

Wow! It almost looks like a hologram. Ethereal, comes to mind. I have a question - The picture shows blue letters on the keys on the picture's right side. They look like copies of the keys to the left of the aerogel. Are these transmitted through/because of the aerogel or is it a result of the imagi...

icebike wrote: Each movie will be viewed by many volunteers, probably a minimum of 10, and any clicked on (to indicate a possible track) will be forwarded to even more volunteers via the computer system. If some of these volunteers also click that movie it earns one confirmation point. How is the fi...

I thought this was interesting. The surface particles appear to be in parallel lines. It's most easily seen when you focus above or below the surface.

http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ ... d=583711V1

sbl

Too bad. It was only my third movie and I didn't know yet about recording the numbers. Thanks for the explanation. sbl

I found this interesting. ... http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/myevents_viewer.php?id=611433V1 ... The thing that appears in the very top left corner seems to have disturbed aerogel above it, and it has the center white spot and almost a circle of black that the tracks have... (Just IMHO...) ...

I found this interesting. ... http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/myevents_viewer.php?id=611433V1 ... The thing that appears in the very top left corner seems to have disturbed aerogel above it, and it has the center white spot and almost a circle of black that the tracks have. However there are ...

I apologise if I have overlooked the answer to this in the FAQ and Problems and Support forum. My question: Is there any way to view the 3rd or 4th or, maybe, 5th movie I saw the first time I logged in? I clicked on a movie with three things deep under the surface of the gel. These are probably incl...

Movie 699614V1 is interesting. There is also a faint spot in the lower left corner. As you focus down slowly you see a brief bright spot before it darkens. Probably an inclusion. Still it is tantalizing to see something so far below the surface. What might we be missing in other movies?

Thanks. I have gotten a lot of out of focus movies lately. That would explain the persistent figures. sbl