DanZ wrote:nitram819 wrote:Wow Im am very very VERY excited with this one I just discovered, I think that you can clearly see a midnight track in this one.
http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ ... =1157902V1 And it appears that I am the first one to click it too
Tell me what you guys think!
Great news nitram819!
First, what you found is from Tile 92, which is new data. There's no guarantee it's extraterrestrial, but it's definitely a candidate, the first of Phase 3, and we're all excited about it. We'll keep you posted.
Dan
on behalf of the Stardust@home team
nitram819,
I'm saddened to tell you that on further investigation,
1157902V1 is not what we hoped it was. Something a few of us didn't know until we investigated this track, but it turns out that all new tiles will have a needle poke (or fiducial), which are put there to monitor the orientation of the tiles once they are extracted from the collector tray. So, it's no longer a candidate and I'm so sorry about the false alarm.
Note, there are going to be a number of these fiducials that will eventually show up in the newly scanned slides, and they are all going to look the same size, which is bigger than the size of real midnight tracks. Nevertheless, I believe we now need to not only put the word out to you all, but update the tutorial as well. We'll be working on that in April, with hopefully enough clarification that they will no longer be a problem in the future.
But you definitely have the right search image in mind, and I've got my fingers crossed you will eventually help us locate the real deal. Thanks for being part of the team!
Dan
on behalf of the Stardust@home team
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