Nova Cygni 2007

Hi,

There a new nova in Cygnus. It was discovered on March 15 last at about 7th mag. It lies a little north of Gamma Cyg, not well placed till well after midnight.

Due to cloud I have not observed it, but reports put it at 7th or 8th mag.

For details and finder chart see:
irishastrosoc.org/vsog/vsog.htm

clear skies

John

John,
this is hardly the same nova observed in c. 1995? Remember that one? Terry Moseley gave a talk about it at the old Irish Astrofest that year. (I think it was '95). If not, what are the odds (rhetorical) of the same area of sky having 2 seperate nova's quite close (in time terms) to each other?

Seanie.

Hi Seanie,

Maybe you are thinking of Nova Cygni 1992 (now called V1974 Cyg). It reached 4th magnitude. I remember observing it. It was widely observed by both amateur and professional including space observatories.

Meanwhile the current object lies about 10deg south of that one. Earlier in the year two novae occured in Scorpius much closer in direction from earth.

I made it mag 8.7 this morning (20th Mar 2007),

John

Gents,
Here is the result of some photometric analysis based on an unfiltered CCD image taken this morning

Location: Raheny Observatory, Dublin (+53.22.51.44, -6.10.53.04)
Equipment: 0.25-m reflector, Unfiltered CCD

Reference Stars
A=TYC 3160-1502-1 vMag: 8.59
B=TYC 3160-1629-1 vMag: 7.66
(See CCD image attached with A, B, Nova marked.)

Estimate:
Photometric Flux Diameter:
Mar 21.115UT A(.07)Nova(.93) mag 8.52

Photometric Intensity:
Mar 21.115UT A(.10)Nova(.90) mag 8.50

Average of Photometric Flux Diameter and Signal Intensity
Mar 21.115UT A(.085)Nova(.915) mag 8.51

Image is posted at
www.webtreatz.com/images/nova.jpg