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Old 14-01-2014, 10:10 AM
Rob_K
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Got up early yesterday morning to see the nova in moon-free skies. I was very well dark-adapted as I stumbled out into the backyard and was amazed to see that the nova was still a little gem naked-eye. The skies were very dark and the stars were brilliant! Then I ruined it all by fiddling with the camera - after that I could barely see it!

Anyway, I made it out at mag 4.9 naked-eye (4.8, 5.1 - AAVSO comp stars). I've added another spectrum to the spectroscopy thread, but here's a saturation-enhanced widefield view of the nova, cropped & reduced size. Looking quite reddish. Bright stars are the Pointers, V1369 Cen is marked with lines. Canon 650D, 55mm lens, 4 x 10 sec, ISO 6400, F/5.6.

Cheers -
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