Hi all,
I had my first chance to capture this nova last night (18th Aug). Here's a couple of widefield images: the first is a single 5 sec exposure with the EF 35mm f/2 lens at f/2.2 and 800 iso, and the second is a cropped region from 15 x 3.2 sec exposures stacked using DSS. Despite the nearby Moon, I was able to capture the Dumbell Nebula (M27) in the second one
The second image shows how the arrow of Sagitta points to the nova, which could be useful as a guide if you haven't seen the nova yet.
Cheers,
Stephen