Nova Del - emission lines fired up !

[nytecam]

In early dusk tonight the emission lines have jumped in intensity to maybe double that o the previous night.

Get those spectros working

[nytecam]

Couple of uncalibrated Nova Del spectra from tonight showing the enhanced emission lines

[nytecam]

A quickie below from tonight in twilight shows the 'rising' emission lines. Could it be that the continuum is decreasing as the nova fades?

But still managed to falls over a flowerpot on the patio in the half-light dropping my aging Acer which survived! I did less well with a blumming cut knee and hand - to post it here. Dangerous stuff this astro

[Gasman]

But still managed to falls over a flowerpot on the patio in the half-light dropping my aging Acer which survived! I did less well with a blumming cut knee and hand - to post it here. Dangerous stuff this astro

Ouch!! Thats what I call dedication to the cause, Respect there Maurice !!

Hope it doesn`t hurt too much!

[petek314]

It was nice to see your spectra of Nova Delphinus. I made an attempt on 19/8/13 and got similar results using a star analyser. I haven't used it for a long time so it was nice to compare your results with mine. I seem to have a lot of noise but the general shape seems to compare. novadelR131.bmp

[petek314]

I have just been looking at the calibration of my spectra and it seems that I have only processed the red image. Back to the drawing board!

[nytecam]

Here's my 4 spectro profiles of Nova Del for Aug 16 - 20 - pretty crude uncalibrated experiments with new SX H9 cam but show the characteristic rise of the lines principally Ha and Hb

[nytecam]

Cloudy last night but broken cloud tonight Thursday for a quick image profile below - this must be my best early sequence in over a decade of nova watching

[steve_]

I've managed to get a couple of nights imaging nova Del 2013. Here's my result from the 20th of August using my trusty star analyser. I've also managed to get out on the 22nd but clouds have prevented further observations. Saturdays forecast is looking good though. I did some photometry with my DSLR as well on the 20th recording a magnitude of 5.62 as a mean from 10 exposures. This is so exciting! I am really enjoying seeing spectra recorded by other amatuers . Lots to learn. Great stuff!

Cheers

Steve.

[nytecam]

Great spectra Steve - my raw from last night shows all the Balmer lines in emission

[nytecam]

Here's the nova's starfield and normal profile [cyan] and expanded [purple] from Friday night Sept 6th - my tenth night of observation of its spectra

[emadmoussa]

Cool stuff. It's always appealing this dedication.