Observation by Nick Hewitt: Nova Carina 2018

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Nick Hewitt

Observer

Nick Hewitt

Observed

2018 Mar 20 - 21:00

Uploaded

2018 Mar 29 - 08:25

Equipment

Canon 60Da
50mm lens at f5.6
IDAS filter
Star Adventurer

Exposure

5 x 120 sec ISO 1600

Location

Boa Vista, Cape Verde 15:58:47 N, -22:49:09 W

Target name

Eta Carina with Nova Carina 2018

Title

Nova Carina 2018

About this image

Serendipity! Having a chill-out in Cape Verde (Riu Touareg, Boa Vista. Photographing Mercury and Venus on the second night there, I saw the sky was promising, so went out after supper and took a few snaps. Then had Guy Hurst's Circular (22nd March)from The Astronomer with a discovery of a nova on 20th so thought I might have bagged it. It is to the left of the yellow marker. The blow up from the wide field is a bit ragged, the whole shot is to follow.

Files associated with this observation

Nova Carina 20180320 2100ut cropped + annotated.jpg (414.9 kB)

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