Observation by Mazin Younis: Nova Her 2021 showing red

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Mazin Younis

Observer

Mazin Younis

Observed

2021 Jun 14 - 01:12

Uploaded

2021 Jun 14 - 02:20

Objects

Nova Her 2021

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Constellation

Aquila

Field centre

RA: 18^h57^m
Dec: +16°59'
Position angle: -49°26'

Field size

0°55' × 0°37'

Equipment

Skywatcher Quattro Newtonian f/4
ZWO ASI 294MC-Pro

Exposure

65 frames @ 60s each

Location

Hale Barnes, Manchester

Target name

Nova Her 2021

Title

Nova Her 2021 showing red

About this image

Thanks Jeremy for the alert regarding this interesting nova. It's clearly showing red colour which may indicate that ionised hydrogen atoms are coming back to lower orbits hence emitting in the Balmer spectral lines.

The nova is nicely positioned in our night sky for many future observations. The bright star in the image is a 5.3mag FF Aql.

Files associated with this observation

Nova_HR_Crop-1.jpg (1.6 MB)

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Eric Watkins, Mike Harlow, Nick James, David Basey, Peter Mulligan, Jeremy Shears

Comments

Mike Harlow, 2021 Jun 14 - 06:11 UTC

Hi Mazin,

Another lovely image of a nova. I really like your wide field views showing colour contrasts in the stars.

Mike.

Mazin Younis

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