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Nova V1405 Cas


Object : V1405 Cas, Nova (earlier temporary name Nova Cas 2021)
Coordinates/Direction : RA: 23h24m, DEC: +61o11'
Object size : point object
More to know : Sky and Telescope:
https://skyandtelescope.org/ ... bright-nova-erupts-in-cassiopeia/

V1405 Cas 2021-03-23

V1405 Cas, Nova, Mars 23, 2021 (click on the image to get a full resolution photo in a new window)
Date : 2021-03-24
Time (UT) : 00:00 to 00:51
Mount : SkyWatcher EQ6 Pro, beltdrive modified (DIY 2019)
Guide : QHY5 camera with 200 mm f/3.5 lens
Lens/telescope : Pentax 645 300 mm ED f/4 (medium format lens)
Corrector/Barlow : -
Field (FOV) : 6.8x4.5o (full frame) before crop
camera : Canon 6D, QE=0.5, full frame, 20 Mpixel, 14 bit
camera temperature: About 6o C above surrounding temperature
Film/CCD : Raw, Cr2
Filter : none
Control system : Mount by EQMOD, camera by APT, guide by PHD2, focuser by USB-focus, ASCOM Windows PC
Exp. time : 58x30 seconds, ISO1600, dithering mode
Image process tool : AstroImageJ, Fitswork, IrfanView
Processing : demosaic, synthetic flat calibrated, hot pixel removed by dithering, level
Weather : clear sky with drifting clouds
Site : Sweden, Stockholm, Hagsätra. Bortle 9
Free view Az: 20o-90o, 165o-185o, La: 20o-55o
Comment : A second night with a clear sky, this time I got 58 30 seconds photos before the clouds set in again. If you find it interesting about the equipment I use you find information at Project 300 mm lens and Project Pentax 645 300 mm ED f/4 lens.

V1405 Cas 2021-03-23, zoom in

V1405 Cas, Nova, Mars 23, 2021
Date : 2021-03-24
Image process tool : AstroImageJ, Fitswork, IrfanView
Processing : demosaic, synthetic flat calibrated, hot pixel removed by dithering, level, crop
Comment : Zoom into the nearby surrounding of the nova, 1:1 pixel relation. Can you find the nova ?. If not, look at the photo at the bottom.

V1405 Cas 2021-03-23, annotated

V1405 Cas, Nova, Mars 23, 2021 annotated (click on the image to get a full resolution photo in a new window)
Date : 2021-03-24
Image process tool : AstroImageJ, Fitswork, IrfanView
Processing : demosaic, synthetic flat calibrated, hot pixel removed by dithering, level, crop
Comment : There are a lot of other interesting objects in the photo, with help of Astronmetry.net you can find the objects in the photo. You upload your photo and Astrometry.net annotate the data and presented it like this.

V1405 Cas 2021-03-22

V1405 Cas, Nova, Mars 22, 2021 (click on the image to get a full resolution photo in a new window)
Date : 2021-03-22
Time (UT) : 00:50 to 01:04
Mount : SkyWatcher EQ6 Pro, beltdrive modified (DIY 2019)
Guide : QHY5 camera with 200 mm f/3.5 lens
Lens/telescope : Pentax 645 300 mm ED f/4 (medium format lens)
Corrector/Barlow : -
Field (FOV) : 6.8x4.5o (full frame) before crop
camera : Canon 6D, QE=0.5, full frame, 20 Mpixel, 14 bit
camera temperature: About 6o C above surrounding temperature
Film/CCD : Raw, Cr2
Filter : none
Control system: Mount, camera, focus, guide (Ekos) controlled by Astroberry (KStars/Ekos Linux)
Exp. time : 18x30 seconds, ISO1600, dithering mode
Image process tool : AstroImageJ, Fitswork, IrfanView
Processing : demosaic, synthetic flat calibrated, hot pixel removed by dithering, level
Weather : clear sky with drifting clouds
Site : Sweden, Stockholm, Hagsätra. Bortle class 9
Comment : This was something exiting and fantastic, a new exploding star that is so bright that you can see it through a small telescope or a binocular. I had my equipment ready. Then the night 21 to 22 in Mars I got an almost clear sky. I took the photo from the balcony and it doesn't matter very much that the light environment is very light polluted when an object is bright like this nova. This night it was reported to have a magnitude of 7.

V1405 Cas 2021-03-22, zoom in

V1405 Cas, Nova, Mars 22, 2021
Date : 2021-03-22
Image process tool : AstroImageJ, Fitswork, IrfanView
Processing : demosaic, synthetic flat calibrated, hot pixel removed by dithering, level, crop
Comment : Zoom into the nearby surrounding of the nova, 1:1 pixel relation. You find the nova just below the open cluster M52. It's in the constellation of Cassiopeia. If you live in Sweden as I do you find it in the North at midnight.
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