bright nova in Centaurus - PNV J13544700-5909080
Taken by David Hough on December 7, 2013 @ here is my shot of the nova from 2am ish this morning 7 December 2013. For southern Hemisphere observers it is a Comet ISON replacement. 127ed on Titan50 and a nightscape OSC CCD 10 x 2 min exposures - a bit ordinary but hey i was imaging a nova I have done one of those mapping link to see where it is in relation to other stars. PNV J13544700-5909080 PNV J13544700-5909080 2013 12 02.692 * 13 54 47.00 -59 09 08.0 05.5 U Cen 8 9 Calibration Center (RA, Dec): (208.405, -59.081) Center (RA, hms): 13h 53m 37.254s Center (Dec, dms): -59° 04' 49.852" Size: 66.2 x 50 arcmin Radius: 0.692 deg Pixel scale: 1.06 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 83.6 degrees E of N WCS file: wcs.fits New FITS image: new-image.fits Reference stars nearby (RA,Dec table): rdls.fits Stars detected in your images (x,y table): axy.fits KMZ (Google Sky): image.kmz
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here is my shot of the nova from 2am ish this morning 7 December 2013. For southern Hemisphere observers it is a Comet ISON replacement. 127ed on Titan50 and a nightscape OSC CCD 10 x 2 min exposures - a bit ordinary but hey i was imaging a nova I have done one of those mapping link to see where it is in relation to other stars. PNV J13544700-5909080 PNV J13544700-5909080 2013 12 02.692 * 13 54 47.00 -59 09 08.0 05.5 U Cen 8 9 Calibration Center (RA, Dec): (208.405, -59.081) Center (RA, hms): 13h 53m 37.254s Center (Dec, dms): -59° 04' 49.852" Size: 66.2 x 50 arcmin Radius: 0.692 deg Pixel scale: 1.06 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 83.6 degrees E of N WCS file: wcs.fits New FITS image: new-image.fits Reference stars nearby (RA,Dec table): rdls.fits Stars detected in your images (x,y table): axy.fits KMZ (Google Sky): image.kmz
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