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Nova Perseus 2020


davhei

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Just got back in after observing the recently discovered nova in Perseus. A fairly long star hop from Alpha Persei, probably took me 10-15 minutes, and then when I was literally one field of view away clouds rolled in and blanked out the view entirely. Sigh.

Waited for the better part of an hour hoping for at least some gaps in the cloud cover since I only needed a few minutes. Suddenly the skies cleared enough to start observing again. Nova was just where it was supposed to be, brighter than a recent image where it was slightly dimmer than the adjacent star. Now it was slightly brighter than the neighbour, I estimate mag 9.5 - 10.0.

Managed a quick sketch before the gap in the clouds closed again. Lovely session all in all!

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8 hours ago, Armand Popa said:

is there a map for this nova?

thank you

Here is an aavso-chart of the immediate vicinity. Suggest you use the right ascension and declination in your favourite app or star atlas to find the location in Perseus. Cheers.

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I observed the nova tonight.

Here is the easy way to see it:

First you must find NGC1582. I started from Capella Auriga to Almaaz (epsilon Aur) then to a triangle asterism which filled the fov of the 9x50 finderscope. the top of the triangle is the m Per double star.  very close to m per is the open cluster NGC1582. Near the open cluster there are 3 stars in a row. Near the middle star is the Nova. I estimated a mag of 8.5.  The Moon was very close and it lit all the sky

This is my firs ever drawing , so i am sorry if it is not as good as it should be :)

 

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