Nova V1710 Scorpii, 19th April 2021 - image and spectrum

[andyc]

Here's an image and spectrum of the nova in Scorpius (S&T article here (https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/observing-news/bouquet-of-novae/)). Pretty happy with how this came out, and I managed to keep the nova's spectrum off the background stars too. The hydrogen alpha emission is so strong I had to use a log scale for the spectrum (which was extracted off a linear image). H-beta is also prominent, not sure what teh otehr peaks may be. An estimate from the RGB image is somewhere near or a little below mag 10.5 for the nova as at 19th April. I presume there may be a good place to submit this data if it's useful to observers, not sure where?


Equipment: C14 at f/7, Atik 460EX, SA100 grating. ZWO RGB filters.

[multiweb]

Sub zero cool Andrew. Real interesting article too. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Merlin66]

Andy,
Good to see your low res Spectra of this exciting object.
Well done, mate.

[Rob_K]

Nice work Andy! :thumbsup:

Cheers -

[jamespierce]

For the curious I (and many others around the world) have continued to track V1710 Sco and submit BVRI photometry. You can get a graph of all the submitted data here by punching in 'V1710 Sco' as the star - https://www.aavso.org/LCGv2

[Terry B]

Hi Andy. Well done with the SA100.
I took a spectra a few nights later and have attached it with a few labels. Some of the other lines a Fe lines.
Cheers
Terry