Subject: Re: What is a Low Angle
From: je2bwm
Date: 20/11/2003, 11:53
Newsgroups: alt.sci.seti

Hi,
   "Angle range" means that how long the focal point of the telescope traverses in the sky-map during one work-unit, in degrees. If the telescope is tracking one steller object in your workunit, the focal point is fixed in the sky map, and the angle range would be zero. This is the ultimate Very Low Angle Range.
   If the telescope keeps its direction with regard to the Earth, the focal point passes through the sky as the Earth rotates, and your work unit will have about 0.4 .. 0.5 degrees in 107 seconds.

stanmc wrote:
I'm not quite sure that is the correct description, but I've noticed in this newsgroup many times that work units with a "low angle" take longer to process (generally). So what is a low angle?

I'm not really looking for a description, but just examples such a degrees.

I did use the search tool, but all the entries found no matches. i.e. low, angle.