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December Nova in M31 discovered the previous day by Xingming Observatory Sky Survey (XOSS). ![]() 12th December M31 nova AT 2018jas is fading and will soon be too dim for my equipment. This is a photometry chart using my data (GFC), remote ITelescopes data from Spain plus data from a few other sources. Clearly I was lucky to discover it so early when it was near magnitude 19. 14th December Animation of comet 46P Wirtanen which is now visible in northern skies. ![]() The Moon. Made from the best 80% of 60 images in Ha. ![]() 27th December Orion nebula M42 taken remotely from Australia using T68 scope at Bathurst. 13x60 seconds, colour camera. ![]() 29th December NGC 5139 Omega Centauri globular cluster, taken remotely from Australia using T68 scope at Bathurst. 5x60 seconds, colour camera. ![]() 30th December Another photometry reading from Panstarrs was added (mag 19.120). The nova is now probably too faint for any more data. ![]() |