Observation by Nick James: M31novae

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2017 Sep 16 - 20:18

Uploaded

2017 Sep 17 - 19:37

Objects

The Andromeda Galaxy (M31)

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Constellation

Andromeda

Field centre

RA: 00^h42^m
Dec: +41°13'
Position angle: +1°54'

Field size

0°42' × 0°41'

Equipment

C11 + FLI CCD

Exposure

20x60s & 14x60s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

M31

Title

M31novae

About this image

I had a short gap in the clouds last night and managed to get this two panel mosaic of the centre of M31. The two current novae are still visible to the north of the centre of the galaxy. Both have now been spectroscopically confirmed. The full-size image is here.

Files associated with this observation

m31_20170916_2118_ndj.jpg (783.4 kB)

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Jeremy Shears, Mr Michael Alan Frost, Andy Wilson, Peter Taylor, Dave Smith, Peter Mulligan, Robert Ian Henderson, Peter Carson

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