Nova Aquilae 2020 No. 2
Sun, 2020-08-02 18:19
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Nova Aquilae 2020 No. 2
We have another northern hemisphere nova to observe! Patrick Schmeer reports on the BAA VSS Alert email list: Discovered by Palomar Gattini-IR collaboration (PGIR) Coordinates (J2000.0): R.A. 19 14 26.27 Decl. +14 44 40.1 Mag J = 13.3, r 15.2 Further spectroscopy and multiband photometry are encouraged. |
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A chart and sequence are now available at the AAVSO website.
I was not able to resolve the nova from its adjacent star in images taken overnight with the T18 scope in defocus mode for photometry. Not sure how to proceed. Stewart
Has anybody seen this nova or taken a picture?
It must be very faint?
I measured it this morning from an image taken by COAST last night at 17.48V. I had it peaking on Sep 04 at 15.4V.
There are a quite a few bright observations in the AAVSO DB - visual 13.0-14.0 and CV 14.0-15.5. I'm sure the visual observations are mis-identification. I certainly can't see it visually in my 51cm.
I wrote a news article on the Nova in the September VSS Circular, which included a V-band image. You can read it here.
Gary
Thank you. I found a picture of it on the web. It is out of reach from here.
Here's an image tonight in pretty good seeing (FWHM = 2.4 arcsec). It is in a very crowded field and, as Gary says, now it has faded it is difficult to separate from the star just to the west.
Fine image.
My suburban skies would never allow me to see mag 16 or 17, I'm afraid.