Jerry R. Ehman is an American astronomer. He is the first scientist to detect the strong narrowband radio signal known as Wow! signal on August 15, 1977 while working on a SETI project at the Big Ear radio telescope of Ohio State University.
Biography
Ehman's original sidenote where he noted "Wow" in the margin.
Ehman has a Ph.D. degree in astronomy from the University of Michigan where he specialized in radio astronomy. He taught electrical engineering at the Ohio State University while working on the Big Ear project.[1]
External links
- The Big Ear Wow! Signal - What We Know and Don't Know About It After 20 Years
- Explanation of the code "6EQUJ5" on the Wow! computer printout
References and notes
- ^ Ohio Historical Society 6 Big Ear Historical Marker (htm). Big Ear Memorial Website. Retrieved on 2007-06-08.
