Citizen Sky investigates Epsilon Aurigae

Every 27 years, this puzzling star dramatically dims before returning to its normal brightness some 2 years later. But with the 2009-2011 eclipse, astronomers hope to learn more about the phenomenon using a new resource: thousands of citizen scientists.

Link: http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=8578

Time: 25. Aug. 2009

Feed: Astronomy.com - News

Topics: citizen