title: Sky distribution of artificial sources in the galactic belt of advanced cosmic life.
abstract: In line with the concept of the galactic belt of advanced life, we evaluate the sky distribution of detectable artificial sources, using a simple astrophysical model. The best region to search is the median band of the Milky Way in the Vulpecula-Cygnus region, together with a narrower one in Carina. Although this work was done in view of a proposal to send a SETI probe at a gravitational focus of the Sun, we recommend these sky regions particularly for the searches of the sky survey type.
authors.affiliation: Paris Observatory, Meudon, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heidmann
mesh_terms: D001256:Astronomy / Q000379:methods*; D003142:Communication; D018559:Exobiology / Q000379:methods*; D005118:Extraterrestrial Environment; D008962:Models, Theoretical