Screen Saver & Graphics Display - Einstein@Home
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[edit] General
The Screen Saver and graphics module for the Einstein@Home Project. This, of course, is the default display for the Science Application.
We are looking at the celestial sphere (sky) with the constellations. Superimposed on this are the Gravity Wave Observatories (the three colored "angle images") and the "Search Marker" (a "Bulls-Eye").
This "blow-up" of a portion of the example above shows all of the icons of interest. The exact purpose and meaning of these items is listed in the table:
| Item | Example |
|---|---|
| LIGO Hanford Observatory (LHO),
Hanford, Washington, USA, (N 46.45°, W 119.41°) Consisting of two interferometers, one with 4km arms (H1) and one with 2km arms (H2). | 
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| LIGO Livingston Observatory (LLO),
Livingston, Louisiana, USA, (N 30.56°, W 90.77°) Consisting of one interferometer with 4km arms (L1). | 
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| GEO600,
Hanover, Germany, (N 52.24°, E 9.81°) Consisting of one interferometer with 600m arms. | 
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| Search Marker
The "Search Marker" shows the location in the sky that is currently being examined by the Science Application. | 
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[edit] Operating Controls
The image can be controlled by the mouse.
| Mouse Button | Action |
|---|---|
| Left | Clicking the left mouse button and draging allows you to control the rotational position of the image. |
| Right | Clicking the left mouse button and draging allows you to control observers position. As shown in the second example you can move to the position of the earth and look out at the celestial hemisphere as it tracks across the sky. This effect is shown in the next example. |
[edit] Closing the Display
If you opened a graphics display of an Einstein@Home Result, the image window is closed by closing the display icon shown in the Dock.
[edit] Also See
- BOINC Screen Saver
- BOINC Screensaver Set-Up
- Enabling The Graphics Capability of the BOINC Client Software for a Service Type Installation
- Climateprediction.net (CPDN):
- Einstein@Home
- Screen Saver & Graphics Display - Einstein@Home
- The Einstein@Home Starsphere Screensaver (a.ka. Official Einstein@Home Screen Saver Description)
- LHC@Home
- Rosetta@Home
- SETI@Home
