[vsnet-alert 13587] Re: Nova Lupi 2011

hambsch at telenet.be hambsch at telenet.be
Sun Aug 14 23:00:24 JST 2011


I have been taking time series images last night (V and I filters) and also saw a severe brightness increase. Had to cut down my exposure time by half.
Will take some days to get the data analysed since I am put of town until Tuesday evening.

Josch
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Onderwerp: [vsnet-alert 13585] Re: Nova Lupi 2011

I have also been keeping an eye on N Lup and noticed a steady rise and 
tonight brighter around 9.5.

N LUP 2011        110811.564   101  Stu.RASNZ
N LUP 2011        110812.579   100  Stu.RASNZ
N LUP 2011        110814.395    95  Stu.RASNZ

Regards.
Rod.

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Rod Stubbings,
Tetoora Observatory,
Tetoora Road,
Vic, Australia.
stubbo at sympac.com.au
http://rodstubbingsobservatory.wordpress.com/

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Kaufman" <rob.kau at gmail.com>
To: <aavso-discussion at mira.aavso.org>; 
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Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 8:38 PM
Subject: [vsnet-alert 13584] Nova Lupi 2011


> After imaging this nova on 8 Aug at mag 10.3, tonight I had my first
> opportunity to have another 'look' at it.  It has brightened considerably.
> Image here:
> http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww271/Rob_Kau/NovaLupi201114Aug2011crop.jpg
>
> In generating a chart in AAVSO's VSP, I noticed that the visual sequence 
> is
> pretty wobbly for mags brighter than the discovery mag.  The nova appears 
> to
> be sitting somewhere around midway between the 99 and 84 comp stars at the
> moment (marked on image linked above), a big gap of 1.5 magnitudes.  Any
> chance of a few more comp stars?  Thanks.
>
> Cheers -
>
> Rob Kaufman
> Bright, Victoria, Australia
> 


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