It's not often that an *entirely new kind of object* is discovered in astronomy. It's even more rare that I can make a Tolkien joke about it. badastronomy.substack.com/p/let-the-or... 🔭 🧪

“Let the Orcs come as thick as summer-moths round a candle!”

OK, fine, different Orcs. But these ORCS are way, WAY bigger

A lot of us, citizen science supernova hunters, discover quite a new objects regularly :)

We orcs appreciate celestial humor, thank you Goodperson Phil

Me not that kind of orc!

I was so jazzed to see a STEVE the other night and even moreso to tell everyone that it was called STEVE