31st May 2013 – Breaking News – Nova discovered in Aquila
News has just been recieved by the SPA VSS that a Nova has been discovered in the constellation of Aquila. The news release from the International Astronomical Union reads as follows:
PNV J19150199+0719471 (provisional designation) 2013 05 31.5974* 19 15 01.99 +07 19 47.1 10.8 U Aql I
2013 05 31.5974
Discovery report from K. Itagaki, Yamagata, Japan. Detected during the survey using 0.21-m refl. + CCD. The object was below 15.5 mag on his unfiltered survey image taken on 21.608 UT. Image can be seen at: http://www.k-itagaki.jp/images/pnv-aql.jpg
Any SPA VSS members that happen to observe this nova, the section would appreciate your observations and any images you may obtain of the nova
Regards
David Scanlan, FRAS
Director, SPA VSS
Here are finder charts for the object, produced using SkyMap software by Robin Scagell:
Area of the nova in Aquila outlined in green shown below (click to enlarge)
Photo of the area in green above, taken 1 June at 01.10 by Robin Scagell using 80 mm refractor and modified Canon 10D camera:
