Due to the Memorial Day holiday on Monday May 27th, Nova Launcher staff will be out of office until Tuesday May 28th.
We do apologize about this inconvenience, but know that your emails will be waiting for us in the inbox and we will reply to them as quickly as possible come Tuesday morning!
"When you look at the northern sky, you can follow the arm of the Big Dipper as it arcs around toward the bright star called Arcturus. Roughly in the middle of that arc, you'll find the Northern Crown constellation, which looks a bit like a smiley face. Sometime between now and September, if you look to the left-hand side of the Northern Crown, what will look like a new star will shine for five days or so."
This week on #SETILive, communications specialist Beth Johnson chatted with Dr. Tom Esposito, SETI researcher and Lead of the Unistellar Cosmic Cataclysms program, about the impending nova of T Coronae Borealis and the scientific efforts to catch it!
It’s dark where I am, and the stars are placed very favorably* to check out Corona Borealis (the Northern Crown) to see if the nova at T Coronae Borealis has erupted yet. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to see a naked-eye recurrent nova.
(*Haha, just kidding, it's cloudy of course)
I made a little movie to show where the nova should appear, at roughly the anticipated brightness.
As many of you know, I have worked for @novalauncher for 8 1/2 years. When I was hired, I was done so as a contractor and remained a contractor the entire time. Then two years ago, Branch Metrics acquired Nova and while I made the transition over, I was still a contractor due to Branch not having things setup to hire full time employees in the state of North Carolina. So for the entirety of my Nova Launcher career, I've been a contractor. (cont...)
Nova Zelândia: tudo sobre Auckland, Queenstown e Milford Sound (curitibaeparanaemfotosantigas.blogspot.com) Portuguese
Nova Zelândia: tudo sobre Auckland, Queenstown e Milford Sound