Comments on: Another Nova in Scutum http://pewaukeeastro.com/blog/2009/11/11/another-nova-in-scutum/ News and Information About the Pewaukee Astronomy Club and the Harken Observatory Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:36:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: rbuchwald http://pewaukeeastro.com/blog/2009/11/11/another-nova-in-scutum/comment-page-1/#comment-18 rbuchwald Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:16:42 +0000 http://pewaukeeastro.com/blog/2009/11/11/another-nova-in-scutum/#comment-18 South is toward the top of the image. The finder chart seems too to show a more dense star population below (northward of) the nova. The region of the sky was also getting somewhat low in the southwest. A quick look at Starry Night confirms your hunch. The field is in the Milkyway near some dark patches. South is toward the top of the image. The finder chart seems too to show a more dense star population below (northward of) the nova. The region of the sky was also getting somewhat low in the southwest. A quick look at Starry Night confirms your hunch. The field is in the Milkyway near some dark patches.

]]> By: twalkowski http://pewaukeeastro.com/blog/2009/11/11/another-nova-in-scutum/comment-page-1/#comment-17 twalkowski Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:39:29 +0000 http://pewaukeeastro.com/blog/2009/11/11/another-nova-in-scutum/#comment-17 Its looks like there is a nocticible increase of stars going from top to bottom. A dust patch of the Milky Way, perhaps? Its looks like there is a nocticible increase of stars going from top to bottom. A dust patch of the Milky Way, perhaps?

]]> By: rbuchwald http://pewaukeeastro.com/blog/2009/11/11/another-nova-in-scutum/comment-page-1/#comment-16 rbuchwald Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:05:44 +0000 http://pewaukeeastro.com/blog/2009/11/11/another-nova-in-scutum/#comment-16 Hi Tim, I have "subscribed" to the AAVSO Alert Notice bulletins that come via email. Here is the link to subscribe: http://www.aavso.org/publications/email/index.shtml#alerts The AAVSO website has a FOV plotter which identifies suitable comparison stars. In this case, there was an 8.3 magnitude star with the id 000-BCD-111. The alert email notices as well as the charts are free access from the web. I have registered with the AAVSO as an observer so that I can report observations, but I have not yet joined the organization as a formal member. The notices are showing up almost once a day. These are actually quite relavent to amatuer astronomers as they come from professionals or others who are looking for immediate followup on an object. For example, special notice #174 was regarding an otburst of a dwarf nova. The requestor had a "tentative" detection at mag 11.5 and he was looking for confirmation of this. I used the Harken Observatory to check at that location and did NOT see an 11th magnitude object, actually nothing brighter than 15th. I looked today and the few other observations put it at about 16th mag. So its good information that the object was not at mag 11 at the time I made the observation. This is interesting work and I am learning a few things! Hi Tim,
I have “subscribed” to the AAVSO Alert Notice bulletins that come via email. Here is the link to subscribe: http://www.aavso.org/publications/email/index.shtml#alerts

The AAVSO website has a FOV plotter which identifies suitable comparison stars. In this case, there was an 8.3 magnitude star with the id 000-BCD-111. The alert email notices as well as the charts are free access from the web. I have registered with the AAVSO as an observer so that I can report observations, but I have not yet joined the organization as a formal member.

The notices are showing up almost once a day. These are actually quite relavent to amatuer astronomers as they come from professionals or others who are looking for immediate followup on an object. For example, special notice #174 was regarding an otburst of a dwarf nova. The requestor had a “tentative” detection at mag 11.5 and he was looking for confirmation of this. I used the Harken Observatory to check at that location and did NOT see an 11th magnitude object, actually nothing brighter than 15th. I looked today and the few other observations put it at about 16th mag. So its good information that the object was not at mag 11 at the time I made the observation.

This is interesting work and I am learning a few things!

]]> By: twalkowski http://pewaukeeastro.com/blog/2009/11/11/another-nova-in-scutum/comment-page-1/#comment-15 twalkowski Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:35:28 +0000 http://pewaukeeastro.com/blog/2009/11/11/another-nova-in-scutum/#comment-15 Randy, It was me ;) I swapped the cameras Saturday to take some pics (see previouis post on guiding). I'm glad you were able to locate it anyways. Do you get e-mail notifications of the novae or do you just check out a web page? Second, for photometry, which star did you use as the magnitude reference? Great work! Randy,

It was me ;) I swapped the cameras Saturday to take some pics (see previouis post on guiding). I’m glad you were able to locate it anyways. Do you get e-mail notifications of the novae or do you just check out a web page?

Second, for photometry, which star did you use as the magnitude reference?

Great work!

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