January 7thNova in M33For an exciting few minutes I thought I had found a new nova in M33. A few checks showed that it had been discovered 2015/12/27 by E. Conseil ![]() The total of M33 images I have now is 32 x 10 minutes. Fainter regions are now starting to show well. ![]() January 14th Possible nova spotted in M31 ![]() Several emails flew around the Internet to see if this was indeed a new nova. After some time it became clear that this was a fresh outburst from M31 2015-10b. This is unusual behaviour. Novae tend to flare up and then lie dormant for a very long time. Traces of the nova were seen on older images. This compares Jan14 to Nov13: ![]() January 20th Bright Moon meant narrowband had to be used. This is M42 in Ha. 4x600 sec, 2x300 sec, 5x100 sec ![]() 24th January Four pane mosaic made from all the M32 images so far. Stitching done with Microsoft ICE. Approximately 20x10 minutes for each pane. ![]() |