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| Printable black and white chart of the eastern evening sky at 18:42 ACST (90 minutes after sunset) as seen from Adelaide, showing the location of Nova V462 Lupi. Similar views will be seen from elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen and print) | Printable black and white chart suitable for use with binoculars of the area around Nova V462 Lupi. The circle is the approximate field of view of 10x50 binoculars. The nova is roughly a binocular field from the bright stars beta and delta Lupi, Click to embiggen and print |
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| south-eastern evening sky at 18:42 ACST (90 minutes after sunset) as seen from Adelaide, showing the location of Nova V462 Lupi (circle marker). Similar views will be seen from elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset). Click to embiggen | Chart suitable for use with binoculars of the area around Nova V462 Lupi (circle marker).The nova is roughly a binocular field from the bright stars beta and delta Lupi, Click to embiggen. |
Nova V426 Lupi faint (around magnitude 5.7, at the unaided eye threshold) but still holding its (faint) brightness and is currently around magnitude 5.9. It may be glimpsed by those with good visual acuity under dark sky conditions. However, it is best with binoculars or a small telescope. It is well placed for southern hemisphere observers and visible from the early evening on. The bright stars beta and delta Lupi are clear guideposts to the nova. It is joined in the Southern sky by nova V572 Velorum.
The nova is likely to fade over the coming days, and it is worthwhile following it as it does so. You may want to keep a record of its magnitude over this time.
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| My image of V462 Lupi taken on 28 June, 19:01 ACST, samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra ƒ/3.4 2s 18.6 mm ISO3200 (5xZoom). Compare to charts above | My image of V462 Lupi labelled |
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