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Only if your interested in the distance, parallax measurements do that by measuring when the Earth in on different sides of the sun. If you're only after direc
by kryptiskt 11y ago
Only if your interested in the distance, parallax measurements do that by measuring when the Earth in on different sides of the sun.
If you're only after direction you can measure the time skew between signal hitting detector one and two.As you know the speed (same as light), and that the wavefront is parallel, you have a pretty good idea where in the sky the wave came from.
- SideburnsOfDoom 11y agoFor the first case, you would need a signal that lasts for at least half a year. Does that cover two black holes merging?
- davrosthedalek 11y agoWell, technically, they black holes circle each other for billion of years. So with instruments sensitive enough, you could do that. Unfortunately, LIGO and the others are only sensitive enough to see the last few parts of a second, when the signal is strongest.