Posts by Dr. Sassafras

1) Message boards : MilkyWay@home Science : Goal (Message 60284) Posted 3 Nov 2013 by Dr. Sassafras Post: Hi Nathan I was wondering if you could give a brief description of what kinds of calculations are being made to determine the 3d positioning of the bodies in the milky way galaxy. What data do you start with and how does that end up allowing us to determine the 3d position? Is there any unknown aspects in this, by that I mean how accurate do we know we get? I have been donating computing power, and think this project is interesting, but as of yet have not been able to find any information on the nature of what my processor is so intent on crunching. Thanks Brendan