Cent A Nova

[Peter Ward]

Finally...managed to toss the underwater breathing apparatus and get to the
Obs' without swimming.

Spent a few excellent hours gathering some L-frames on a faint fuzzy with the RC16.

I noted another, not so faint fuzzy NGC 5128, was above the roof line and also grabbed a quick snapshot, prior to calling it a night.

No processing. Just darks and a flat field. Picking up the Nova was a no-brainer...but I put a roll-over arrow to mark the spot.

The link is here

[RobF (Rob)]

Nicely revealed!

[multiweb (Marc)]

Very cool.

[Peter Ward]

Thanks guys...but it was simply an afterthought image...

My main quarry so far has a few hours of data...much more needed, but I spotted *many* background galaxies that weren't showing up in any surveys.

Seems I've "discovered" a number of galaxies (e.g. the RC16 easily reveals many NOMAD survey stars to actually be galaxies), but running it by the professionals, seems at Mag 20, there are 1200 or so background galaxies
per degree, that while uncatalogued, sadly don't have a lot of scientific value.

[astroron (Ron)]

Nice image Peter
I had a go visually in my 16" last night,but the seeing etc was not the best
I don't think it will be visible in scopes under 20"
Cheers

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Seems I've "discovered" a number of galaxies (e.g. the RC16 easily reveals many NOMAD survey stars to actually be galaxies), but running it by the professionals, seems at Mag 20, there are 1200 or so background galaxies
per degree,

1200? Outsource a call center O/S, put a team together and start lobbying mate. I can drop by and take a few shots of you in the dome looking ominously over the pool

[PeterM]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Thanks guys...but it was simply an afterthought image...

My main quarry so far has a few hours of data...much more needed, but I spotted *many* background galaxies that weren't showing up in any surveys.

Seems I've "discovered" a number of galaxies (e.g. the RC16 easily reveals many NOMAD survey stars to actually be galaxies), but running it by the professionals, seems at Mag 20, there are 1200 or so background galaxies
per degree, that while uncatalogued, sadly don't have a lot of scientific value.

Pretty picture Peter, it is actually a Supernova.

[Greg Bock (Greg Bock)]

Hi Peter,
yes, you are right, a lot of the NOMAD entries are actually very faint and fuzzy galaxies. This is something that we have noticed many times when checking supernova search images against NOMAD database objects over the years.

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by Greg Bock

Hi Peter,
yes, you are right, a lot of the NOMAD entries are actually very faint and fuzzy galaxies. This is something that we have noticed many times when checking supernova search images against NOMAD database objects over the years.

Yes..its is indeed a supernova! ..my ipad's autocorrect struggled with this

I can go better on the faint fuzzies...found a whole (uncatalogued) cluster...

Could you recommend a better galaxy database?

[Atmos (Colin)]

You certainly do get nice resolution out of that 16" Peter Sounds a bit like a faint galaxy eater

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

You're certainly getting some quality data out of that scope Peter.

Cheers

Steve

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

That's just plain coooooool!