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  • 1 April 2014 at 11:53 am #573329
    Gary Poyner
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    Designated as PNV J20214234+310396 at this early stage, this possible Nova was discovered by Koichi Nishiyama and Fujio Kabashima (Japan) on 2014 March 31.7899 UT at 10.9 mag (CCD, unfiltered) at coordinates:

    R.A. 20h21m42.34s  Decl. +31°03’29.6″  (J2000.0)

    An early Spectrum obtained by Gianluca Masi et al can be seen here…

    http://www.virtualtelescope.eu/2014/04/01/pnv-j202142343103296-nova-cygnus-1-apr-2014/

    Links to a chart will be found on the BAAVSS web page as soon as one becomes available.

    Gary

     

     

    5 April 2014 at 4:08 am #576509
    Nick James
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    Gary,

    I finally managed to get an image of this possible nova this morning after days of grey fug in the south east. A quick reduction using CMC-14 gives V=10.7 (47 refs, 0.04mag).  There is a 13th mag star (CMC-14 202142.3+310318) just south which will be troublesome as the nova fades.

    5 April 2014 at 10:40 am #576510
    Gary Poyner
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    Thanks Nick.  

    A colour image taken by Nick on the morning of April 5 can be seen on the BAAVSS web pages.

    A chart is now available for this Nova from the AAVSO web pages.  Visit   http://www.aavso.org/vsp   where you can create a chart to your own preferences.

    Gary

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