Hi Joe, I've uploaded the first picture I got (taken on the 30th) and the one I got last night. You're welcome to use them but I think you'll see that while they measure more than a full magnitude different they don't look all that different. Maybe best to wait until the visual difference is more obvious. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/NOVA2009NOV30.JPG http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/NOVA2009DEC15.JPG patrick On 15 Dec 2009, at 19:47, Joe Bauman wrote:
Patrick, I want to do a blog about it, but I'm waiting a couple of days while I'm doing some Christmas-type tasks. WHenever you'd like to send me pics, I'll be overjoyed to get them. Thanks, Joe
--- On Tue, 12/15/09, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Nova now ~ 10.25 To: "utah astronomy utah astronomy listserve" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, December 15, 2009, 2:23 AM
In case anyone's interested, I took more data on the nova that was found late last month and found it's now down from a high of about 9.0 when I started daily imaging on the 30th to about 10.25 tonight (that's with a red filter).
And speaking of imaging tonight this has got to be one of the better nights in a while. Seeing is very transparent and steady, temperature is staying very constant (it's dropped less than 1 degree in the past 4 hours) and the stars are tiny and well defined.
I seem to remember that David R is currently in southern Utah to do some imaging. If he's out tonight (Are you David?) he's probably getting some great shots.
patrick