It's all kicking off !

[Stu]

20 minutes ago, Moonshane said:

I'll have a go with a 4" tonight or asap 

Thanks Shane.

[Mark at Beaufort]

I observed the Nova last night using my Heritage 130P and my new observing hood which arrived from Russia during the day. The use of the hood removed all stray light so I was able to really judge the different stars and their magnitude in the surrounding area.

[Stu]

8 minutes ago, Mark at Beaufort said:

my new observing hood which arrived from Russia during the day.

I think a picture is needed Mark  

[Littleguy80]

24 minutes ago, Mark at Beaufort said:

The use of the hood removed all stray light so I was able to really judge the different stars and their magnitude in the surrounding area.

Mine's in the post  Looking forward to giving it a test run on the Nova when it arrives!

[Mark at Beaufort]

37 minutes ago, Stu said:

I think a picture is needed Mark  

Stu I could have a picture taken but I would look like Obi-Wan Kenobi

This is the product - http://r-sky.org/en/products/observing-hood

[Littleguy80]

On 11/08/2017 at 08:46, Moonshane said:

Don't forget my sketch is right  left reversed as I was using a refractor. For newts I uploaded a flipped version on another thread. Hope this helps. It was still the same two nights ago.

Big thank you, Shane. I currently have the Nova in my eyepiece looking exactly as shown in your sketch above. Very happy.  First Nova  

[John]

Well done Neil

I've had a look again tonight. I think it's faded a bit more again. Definitely not equal to the two brighter stars in that little "diamond" asterism now. Getting more like the fainter one, but not quite there yet.

 

[Littleguy80]

1 minute ago, John said:

Well done Neil

I've had a look again tonight. I think it's faded a bit more again. Definitely not equal to the two brighter stars in that little "diamond" asterism now. Getting more like the fainter one, but not quite there yet.

 

Thank you, John  Agree that it's the faintest of them. I don't have a basis for comparison but am certainly happy to have caught it before it faded too much more!

[Moonshane]

So glad you found it mate ?

[Stub Mandrel]

On 11/08/2017 at 12:09, Mark at Beaufort said:

Stu I could have a picture taken but I would look like Obi-Wan Kenobi

This is the product - http://r-sky.org/en/products/observing-hood

Reminds me of the parkas with extended hoods we had in the 70s called 'snorkels'. There was a moral panic that they would lead to a rash of road accidents!