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We have another northern hemisphere nova to observe!
Patrick Schmeer reports on the BAA VSS Alert email list:
Discovered by Palomar Gattini-IR collaboration (PGIR) Coordinates (J2000.0): R.A. 19 14 26.27 Decl. +14 44 40.1
Mag J = 13.3, r 15.2
Further spectroscopy and multiband photometry are encouraged.
I was not able to resolve the nova from its adjacent star in images taken overnight with the T18 scope in defocus mode for photometry. Not sure how to proceed. Stewart
I measured it this morning from an image taken by COAST last night at 17.48V. I had it peaking on Sep 04 at 15.4V.
There are a quite a few bright observations in the AAVSO DB – visual 13.0-14.0 and CV 14.0-15.5. I’m sure the visual observations are mis-identification. I certainly can’t see it visually in my 51cm.
I wrote a news article on the Nova in the September VSS Circular, which included a V-band image. You can read it here.
Gary
Here’s an image tonight in pretty good seeing (FWHM = 2.4 arcsec). It is in a very crowded field and, as Gary says, now it has faded it is difficult to separate from the star just to the west.
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