Four decades ago we sent a message asking 'Is anybody out there?'.
Altair, a relatively close 16.7 light-years away, is found in the Aquila constellation and is the 12th brightest star in the night sky.
‘A large number of exoplanets have been detected since the 1990s,’ said Mr Narusawa, speaking to the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun. ‘Altair may have a planet whose environment can sustain life.’ At 10pm tomorrow night, the team will use the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s antenna in Saku, central Japan, to scan the skies for a reply, listening in for an hour.The August 22 date is a symbolic one. Japan celebrates Tanabata, also known as the ‘star festival’ on the seventh day of the seventh month – July 7. However, on the lunar calendar Tanabata falls tomorrow, prompting the team to choose this date.
The original ‘is anybody out there’ message was beamed as part of anniversary celebrations commemorating 15 years of the weekly comic anthology Shonen Jump.Professor Morimoto, described as ‘an inspiration for the younger generations entering the newly born radio astronomy community in Japan’ died in 2010. Dr Hirabayashi, who has written books on intelligent extraterrestrial life, is now a professor emeritus at JAXA.
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