Nova in Taurus
Taken by Odd Trondal on August 15, 2026 @ Norway
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Just before full daylight here. It was discovered on August 6 2026 by the New Milky Way–TexasTech wide-field sky patrol, using Rokinon 135-mm telephoto lenses with high-sensitivity CMOS ( Sony IMX455 CMOS sensor, 3.76μm pixel ).

https://www.techtimes.com/articles/324198/20260812/liverpool-telescope-autonomously-classifies-live-nova-taurus-days.htm

In the fits-header of my image it say CCD instead of CMOS.

For example : CCD-TEMP= 25.1000003814697
I guess it now should be : CMOS-TEMP= 25.1000003814697

But I don't think it will be changed so soon just as we say there are " Bugs " in the computer software which originated from the old days when real spiders and flying insects ( bugs ) was caught in the hot electro mechanical computers, causing bit-errors.

Time: 02:20UT 2026-08-15 Exp.10 X 11 sec
Tel: Meade 4" SC @ f/6.60 ASI662MC @ +25°C 1.77"/pix Paramount GT-1100S
Odd Trondal Obs.code 238 (Uranium). Oslo Norway.

Software used:TheSky6,CCDSoft 5, MSB Astroart 2.0, 8.0, Paint

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Andrew Corkill on August 10, 2026 @ Riverside, CA

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