Star Finder Program @ SMU

Did you see the northern lights last night? There's a small chance we get another view tonight (Nov 12) if you have clear skies. ✨ It's easiest to see the aurora when using a camera, as it'll pick up the lights long before our eyes. Point north, try a long exposure, and see what you can see! 📷

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We're here!!!

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Nova Scotia teachers! The Star Finder team will be at the Association of Science Teachers conference on Oct 24! We'll have a table & we'll do a presentation to share resources with you. We hope we'll see you there! We'll have some printed materials (and maybe even some pens!) to hand out! 👀 ✨

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Look Up to See the Orionids Light Up the Night Skies Check out our meteor shower animation to find out how, where, and when to see these shooting stars.

Although the weather isn't in our favour, the Orionids Meteor Shower peaks tonight! It's caused by Earth moving through its orbit where Halley's Comet left lots of tiny pieces of debris. As Earth moves through, we'd see more shooting stars than normal! Check out this TimeAndDate webpage about it:

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It was sooo inspiring to meet with many NS science teachers last month! We shared all of the (free!!) astronomy-focused,
hands-on lesson plans we've put together, which can all be found online now, too: observatory.smu.ca/starfinder

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New Star Finder Newsletter!

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In this issue:
🔭 Highlights from the first Star Finder Teachers' Workshop
📚 New astronomy lesson plans and resources now available
☁️ Upcoming content on Bluesky!
🌟 Star Finder at the Association of Science Teachers Conference

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Hello world! ✨

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