Monday, February 19, 2007
Nova Scorpii Again
Again, you will have to click on the thumbnail image to the left to actually see the nova. Stack of 3 x 6 second images in The Gimp, taken aound 4:10 am ACST with an Olympus mu:300. Compare to the spotters map here.It was much easier to see Nova Scorpii 2007 this morning. Knowing where to look helped, as did turning off all the lights to keep my dark adaption going. But best of all, the cool change had come through, and the sky was far more transparent and had no annoying cloud. The milky way was fairly clear, and I did not need to use averted vision to see the Nova (although it was much clearer in averted vision). My impression this morning was that it had not faded (or at least only marginally) and was still around magnitude 4.2. The nova has been reported to be redish, if that is so, since I am red/green colour blind, it's probablly a bit brighter.
The prospects for the nova being visible to the unaided eye tommorow morning is good.
# posted by Ian Musgrave @ 7:02 am 
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