Bright nova in Perseus

[goodricke1]

Well here's a good reason for this thread... it's being reported that a nova in Perseus has risen to mag 6.2!! The object is at the same location as V392 Per which is normally around 15th mag. If so, a very unusual occurrence -

https://www.aavso.org/tcp-j044321304721280-v392-nova-eruption-62-mag-0

 

[Littleguy80]

Looks like there’s a history of this with V392 Per though never as bright as this

https://www.aavso.org/v392

[Stu]

Thanks Goodricke, exactly the type of thing that the forum was set up for  

Now, what to do about these clouds!

[chiltonstar]

Thanks for the heads up! One to look at/capture a spectrum of I think.

Chris

[goodricke1]

Seems to have peaked already, dropped half a magnitude last night down towards mag 7.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Still an interestingly bright outburst. Might have a shot at it. This one is bright enough for binoculars easily

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Just spotted it with 16x80 binoculars. It has faded to mag 8.5. Still great to see V392 Persei going nova.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Had another look with 16x80 binoculars. Still going strong at about mag 8.6

[StaceStar]

17 hours ago, michael.h.f.wilkinson said:

Had another look with 16x80 binoculars. Still going strong at about mag 8.6

Might try and image it again tonight

[StaceStar]

 For comparison. 

Image taken approx 10pm on may 2nd 

[Littleguy80]

Any tips on identifying this? Nearby star number would be ideal. Struggling a bit to work out whether I’m seeing this or not!

[Stu]

From the chart in this link

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Persei_2018

It appears to be near this star...

[Stu]

7 hours ago, StaceStar said:

 For comparison. 

Image taken approx 10pm on may 2nd 

Is this the image which is shown on wiki?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Persei_2018

[Littleguy80]

I have HR 1482 now. I’m trying to work out which star that is I’m the picture to get relative position to the Nova. Hats off to those that have found this already, it’s quite tricky based on my attempts thus far!

[goodricke1]

6 minutes ago, Littleguy80 said:

I have HR 1482 now. I’m trying to work out which star that is I’m the picture to get relative position to the Nova. Hats off to those that have found this already, it’s quite tricky based on my attempts thus far!

You're in the right ballpark. HR 1482 is the easternmost of a nice parallelogram of 6th, 7th mag stars about half a degree square. The Nova is just below a line drawn between the two fainter of these stars. Just been observing it now in 20 x 80 binos and it's still brighter than the mag 9.3 star immediately to the west.

[StaceStar]

47 minutes ago, Stu said:

Is this the image which is shown on wiki?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Persei_2018

It is...that's my image on wiki

[Littleguy80]

10 minutes ago, goodricke1 said:

You're in the right ballpark. HR 1482 is the easternmost of a nice parallelogram of 6th, 7th mag stars about half a degree square. The Nova is just below a line drawn between the two fainter of these stars. Just been observing it now in 20 x 80 binos and it's still brighter than the mag 9.3 star immediately to the west.

Got it  Thank you! The nova appears to have a red colour compared to the star next to it

[StaceStar]

1 minute ago, Littleguy80 said:

Got it  Thank you! The nova appears to have a red colour compared to the star next to it

It's quite strong in H alpha. Along with plate solving the coordinates that's how I identified it. That red hue <3

[Stu]

6 minutes ago, StaceStar said:

It is...that's my image on wiki

Cool!!  

[StaceStar]

2 minutes ago, Stu said:

Cool!!  

My only claim to fame hahaha

[JoeP]

I'll give it a go tonight, should be interesting to observe.

[goodricke1]

It's marginally brighter tonight, I'd estimate mag 8.7

[David Levi]

Observed V392 Per for the first time last night. It just looks like a reddish star. The interest comes from monitoring the star as it fades. If it goes back to being a mag 15 star than it will disappear from my view. Hopefully there will be enough clear skies to follow its diminishment.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

I hope to get another bash at it this evening, preferably with the C8 this time. Curious to see how it develops

[bish]

 Tried with 15x70’s last night but they weren’t up to the job, it’s in a rubbish position for my scope by dark but will give it a try tonight.