0
The Big Ear Wow! Signal: What We Know and Don't Know About It After 20 Years
Jerry R. Ehman, 1998. Big Ear Radio Observatory / NAAPO (bigear.org).
The discoverer's first full written account, dated 1 September 1997 and revised in 1998: how the printout was reviewed, what each column means, the signal's parameters, and the explanations considered to that date.
What it's used for here
Primary account of the discovery and the original parameter derivation.
Our copy
Research copy, for editors and curators. The work is the publisher's, so readers are sent to it. We keep this copy so the citation can be checked if the page changes or goes.
bigear.org · fetched 29 Oct 2026
Loading…
Cited by on this site 2 records
The Wow! signal
MYSThe mystery article
Cite it
Ehman, J. R. (1998). The Big Ear Wow! Signal: What We Know and Don't Know About It After 20 Years. Big Ear Radio Observatory / NAAPO (bigear.org). https://www.bigear.org/wow20th.htm
@misc{ehman1998wow,
author = {Ehman, Jerry R.},
title = {The Big Ear Wow! Signal: What We Know and Don't Know About It After 20 Years},
howpublished = {Big Ear Radio Observatory / NAAPO (bigear.org)},
year = {1998},
url = {https://www.bigear.org/wow20th.htm}
}TY - ELEC TI - The Big Ear Wow! Signal: What We Know and Don't Know About It After 20 Years AU - Ehman, Jerry R. PY - 1998 JO - Big Ear Radio Observatory / NAAPO (bigear.org) UR - https://www.bigear.org/wow20th.htm ER -
Ehman, Jerry R.. “The Big Ear Wow! Signal: What We Know and Don't Know About It After 20 Years.” Big Ear Radio Observatory / NAAPO (bigear.org) (1998).