[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Good one Hugh.

Originally Posted by pluto

Hmm... I worked out the position from looking at this chart:
http://astrobob.areavoices.com/files...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.

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.