This morning the Nova was magnitude 9.84V on Aug 09.1979 UT, using Slooh Canary 2 telescope. Bright field though, with the waning crescent Moon about 7 degrees away.
I’ve entered the observation into the VSS database using N Tau 2026. This is the first observation in the VSS DB, so please continue to use this until an official designation is announced – which I will then announce here.
A chart and sequence is available from the AAVSO using N Tau 2026. Mike Poxon (AAVSO chart team) very quickly added a sequence yesterday afternoon, after some nagging from me. Good bloke is Mike P.
Gary
