Observation by Nick James: Waiting for an outburst of M31N 2008-12a

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2024 Nov 22 - 18:02

Uploaded

2024 Nov 22 - 21:57

Objects

The Andromeda Galaxy (M31)

Equipment

ASI6200MM + Celestron HD11

Exposure

15x60s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

M31N 2008-12a

Title

Waiting for an outburst of M31N 2008-12a

About this image

This recurrent nova in M31 goes off every year or so. The last eruption was on 2023 Dec 5 and the mean period between eruptions is around 351 days so this year's outburst is expected sometime between now and early January. Details and a finder chart are in this paper and I am taking patrol images at every opportunity. In this image the position of the nova is marked by the blue circle. There is nothing visible there at the moment but I did pick up the outburst last year just shortly after it was announced.

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Files associated with this observation

m31f16_20241122_180220_ndj.jpg (2.8 MB)

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