Nova Per 2020

[Glasspusher]

Managed to capture this raw spectrum of Nova Per using a 10 inch Newt and a SA 100, single exposure of 90 secs. H alpha and H beta emission lines shown quite well.

John

[robin_astro]

Hi John,

Nice Balmer emission. What date was this?  (The lines other than H alpha can be  quite difficult to see at the moment at the  resolution of the Star Analyser compared with a few days ago but they should become more prominent again over the coming days as the spectrum evolves.)

This series of amateur spectra taken for Nova Del 2013 shows an example of how the spectrum evolves but every nova is subtly different

http://www.astrosurf.com/aras/novae/Nova2013Del.html

There is a nice collection of amateur spectra building for this nova too

http://www.astrosurf.com/aras/Aras_DataBase/Novae/2020_NovaPer2020.htm

Cheers

Robin

 

[Glasspusher]

Hi Robin,

The spectrum was taken on Monday 30/11/20 at about 8.45pm. Thanks for the links, weather permitting I will take more images in the future!

John