August
12th Nova RS Ophiuchi This recurrent nova has undergone another outburst - now a visible object in dark skies. Magnitude measure with Maxim was 6.27 Astrometrica gave 6.1 I can now resume the nova patrol in M31 Two objects spotted - one was a nova detected on August 9th. It turned out to be a recurrent nova, seen in 1997and 2001. Magnitude is dim, and a few outbursts may have been missed. The second object turned out to be a Red Supergiant that has brightened. 2MASS J00414724+4115377 -- Red supergiant star August 22nd Nova RS Ophiuchi now dimmer. Maxim measured magnitude 7.87 Astrometrica gave 7.7 August 26th Sunshine gave a chance to test th e newly created Mylar solar filter for the 10". This is the best 25% of 100 images - solar filter and Ha filter, 0.03 seconds exposure. Large scale |