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Nova in Sagittarius

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

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ImageĀ of the nova – a star that was not visible there before.

A little while back, I subscribed to the special notice bulletins from the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO). I thought that it might be interesting to hear about unusal variable stars, novas and perhaps even a supernova should one of those appear. One of these notices arrived in my inbox on Monday. There was a newly discovered nova in the constellation of Sagittarius. I wondered, could we observe this at the Harken Observatory?

Since I had never tried to do this before, I could not resist trying! The weather map showed Continue Reading…

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