Heads Up!

Extremely Rare #citizenScience opportunity for #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #universeodon enthusiasts!

This year, there will be a nova, before or by September, as bright as the North Star.
After peak brightness it will remain bright enough, for several days, to observe with binoculars.

You can help research scientists with observational details.

https://www.seti.org/be-first-see-once-lifetime-stellar-explosion

https://blogs.nasa.gov/Watch_the_Skies/2024/02/27/view-nova-explosion-new-star-in-northern-crown/

#Global #education #science #fediScience #scienceMastodon #lifelongLearning

If you are in the Northeast US, you can do your part for citizen science and fill out the USGS "how it felt" survey to map the earthquake intensity: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/at00sbh3yv/tellus

#earthquake #nyc #CitizenScience