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Nova Cas 2021 - Nova (V1405 Cas) TBA Variable Stars (photometric monitoring) - None Nearby Stars (astrometric monitoring) - 61 Cyg
- Night session (5.6 hours) - Main aims of the session were to acquire a selection of variable star, nearby star and comet targets and deep sky targets as cloud allowed - Poor quality skies - 12" LX200 + ST-10XME for imaging - TS 80mm APO + ZWO ASI178MC for guiding & imaging - Ambient Temperature: 2°C (min) - CCD Temperature: -20°C - Notes from 2021-05-10 >> [ Local Files >> ] -
Nova Cas 2021 (Cassiopeia) Nova in Cassiopeia discovered 2021-03-18.4236, by Yuji Nakamura (Japan) Magnitude at discovery +9.6 (unfiltered CCD) AT2021hkn (Type: Nova) reported by 2021/03/30.055 UT by Gaia Alias: Gaia21bpe, AT2021hkn, V1405 Cas |
Nova Cas 2021 / AT2021hkn - 2021-05-10 (T+53.5d) Image below (2021-05-10.967) was taken 53.5 days after after discovery of Nova Nova is shown by white cross hairs. Measured magnitude +8.14 Note: star object is saturated and shows significant blooming, mag is likely to be underestimated (linked with Detection Threshold = 50) |
CCD Image (100% size, linear scale, cropped) 5 x 60s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2021-05-10 23:16 UT (#897009-13) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME Auto-guided using TS 80mm APO, ZWO ASI178MC & PHD2 |
Images of Nova Cas 2021 on Novae Page >> |
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