- The AAVSO and multiple astronomers request ongoing monitoring of the recurrent nova T CrB 1) to alert the astronomical community as soon as T CrB begins its eruption, and 2) to continue to build its multicolor light curve prior to, during, and after the anticipated eruption. Observations with all filters, as well as visual observations, are requested. Spectroscopy is also requested. Observations should be reported to the AAVSO International Database (AID) or AAVSO Spectroscopy Database (AVSpec) as soon as possible after making them.
- On David Lynch’s Revenge of the Jedi
SOMEHOW MY FATHER CONVINCED MY mother to squander a date night and watch David Lynch’s Dune when it was in the theaters in 1984. I was seven; my sister, five. When we asked about the movie, my mother or my father or both—they may’ve coordinated their anecdote—told me they knew they were in trouble when the theater manager handed out to everyone in the audience a one-sheet that attempted to explain the intricacies of the film’s logic.