Nova Centauri 2013 7/12/13

[Forgey]

Nova Centauri 2013 on 7th December

Image 1 - 1:28am
Canon 600D
75mm
8sec @ ISO 6400

Image 2 - 2:47am
Canon 600D
55mm
13sec @ ISO 3200

Image 3 - 4:20am
Canon 600D
92mm
4sec @ ISO 3200

[h0ughy]

nice one. I am imaging closeup now

[von Tom]

Good one Paula. Just a bit fainter than Epsilon Crucis. Seems we southern hemispherians were destined to be compensated for no Comet ISON with a nova. :)

[Forgey]

Added 1 more image.


Thanks Dave, look forward to the close up.


Thanks Tom, we did get treated to something special.

[Ross G]

Great capture Paula.

Ross.

[alpal]

Nice shots Paula,

The distance away of this Nova seems controversial:

http://www.universetoday.com/106932/a-naked-eye-nova-erupts-in-centaurus/#ixzz2myc3MZkA




But it says here:

http://www.psychohistorian.org/display_article.php?id=201312071011 _nova-cen-2013.content

[Larryp]

Well done, Paula

[h0ughy]

here it is Paula (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showpost.php?p=1039984&postcount=52)

[malclocke]

An ATEL was posted yesterday at http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=5639 Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Observatory. They have among other things made a measurement of the interstellar extinction, i.e. how much the light has been affected by interstellar dust, which gives a crude distance measurement.

[alpal]

Thanks.
It's amazing that they can be so sure about these distances.
How do they know that it's not coming from a supernova in a distant galaxy?
They obviously think that it's not far away in our own galaxy.