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New Binocular Nova Discovered in Sagittarius
This view shows the sky facing south-southeast just before the start of dawn in mid-March from the central U.S. The nova’s located squarely in the Teapot constellation. Source: Stellarium
Looks like the Sagittarius Teapot’s got a new whistle. On March 15, John Seach of Chatsworth Island, NSW, Australia discovered a probable nova in the heart of the constellation using a DSLR camera and fast 50mm lens. Checks revealed no bright asteroid or variable star at the location. At the time, the new object glowed at the naked eye limit of magnitude +6, but a more recent observation by Japanese amateur Koichi Itagaki puts the star at magnitude +5.3, indicating it’s still on the rise. (…)
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Post tags: Graffias, nova, Sagittarius, Saturn, Teapot, white dwarf
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Source: http://www.universetoday.com/119395/new-binocular-nova-discovered-in-sagittarius/
