dub3 card · www.astronomerstelegram.org
The Astronomer's Telegram (1997)
Best viewed at the reference desk.
- Cost
- 5 RAM
- Power
- 9
- Rarity
- Common
- Family
- Institutions
- Era
- Boom (1995 to 1998)
- Collection
- The Establishment
What it does
Ongoing: If you're losing here, +3 Power to this card.
Ongoing is always on while the card is in play.
It costs 5 RAM to play and brings 9 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Institutions cards protect your side, and come back strong when you're losing.
The site, in 1997
A fast notice board where astronomers post news of new observations such as supernovae, novae and gamma-ray bursts.
Robert E. Rutledge launched it on 17 December 1997. Professional astronomers and graduate students can post directly with no editing. It carried over 13,000 telegrams by 2019.
Boom era, 1995 to 1998. Netscape, frames, hit counters and animated envelopes. Everyone had a homepage, and every homepage was under construction.
The Establishment: Governments, universities, libraries and archives. Very official.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1997 page.
Put it on your site
Run The Astronomer's Telegram, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1997. Paste this into your page:
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 1997, then plays a short scene. Want The Astronomer's Telegram in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
