Observation by Gary Poyner: V1500 Cygni (Nova Cyg 1975)

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Gary Poyner

Observer

Gary Poyner

Observed

2025 Aug 27 - 22:25

Uploaded

2025 Aug 28 - 16:16

Equipment

Open University PIRATE CDK 24

Exposure

60 seconds

Location

Mount Teide, Tenerife

Target name

V1500 Cygni (Nova Cyg 1975)

Title

V1500 Cygni (Nova Cyg 1975)

About this image

Image of V1500 Cygni taken 49 years and 363 days after the 1975 eruption (couldn't quite make the 50 years). The object that got me started on this Variable Star thing.

Truncated 8'x6' from the original 32'x32' field on the PIRATE telescope

Magnitude measured at 19.08CV +/- 0.092 using an AAVSO sequence.

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V1500Cyg_Aug27_2025_pirate.jpg (226.5 kB)

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