Nova Centauri 2013 widefield

[pluto]

I braved the cold and wind in Sydney to get this at around 3:30 this morning.
I can't believe how bright it is, easily visible naked eye even from the Eastern Subs :)

Taken with my 5DmkII + 40mm STM, 113x10sec @ISO3200 & f2.8

Larger version here:
http://hughsblog.wordpress.com/2013/12/06/nova-centauri-2013/


P.S. I just got a new lens today (Canon 28mm f1.8) so I'll be getting up at 3 again to get an even wider field shot!

[h0ughy]

nice shot but i am starting to get confused - two threads are running have the nova in a completely different position? one of those htreads posts a spot similar to yours, the others are not?

[SkyViking]

Nice one, I hope it clears here soon so I can get a shot of this.

[Lee]

Nice one Hugh, I couldn't believe how bright it was either this morning....

[pluto]

Hmm... I worked out the position from looking at this chart:
http://astrobob.areavoices.com/files/2013/12/Nova-Centauri-1.jpg
From this page:
http://astrobob.areavoices.com/

Plus I looked in Stellarium and there was no bright star where I have marked the Nova.

Of course I'm certainly no expert! So I could be totally wrong! :D

EDIT: Which threads? all the ones I've seen on IIS seem to put it at the same spot...?

[cometcatcher]

Looks correct to me. I haven't seen any threads that have it wrong yet. Plus it's hard to miss considering how bright it is.

[Lee]

I think you are bang on Hugh.... correlates with the position given in the official signal....

[h0ughy]

ok um here http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment_browse.php?a=152897

and you know what the penny dropped - SORRY i made a mistake and forgot to twist my head further:question::P:help:

take everything back:thumbsup:

[Ross G]

Great capture Hugh.

Ross.

[mithrandir]

Good one Hugh.



That's why I use CdC in preference to Stellarium. Apart from it being much less CPU/graphics intensive (unless you are displaying lots of UCAC4 or NOMAD stars) it is really easy to add objects.