Posted on 08/14/2013 3:02:05 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Looking around for something new to see in your binoculars or telescope tonight? How about an object whose name literally means “new”. Japanese amateur astronomer Koichi Itagaki of Yamagata discovered an apparent nova or “new star” in the constellation Delphinus the Dolphin just today, August 14. He used a small 7-inch (.18-m) reflecting telescope and CCD camera to nab it. Let’s hope its mouthful of a temporary designation, PNVJ20233073+2046041, is soon changed to Nova Delphini 2013!
The possible new nova is located in Delphinus alongside the familiar Summer Triangle outlined by Deneb, Vega and Altair. This may shows the sky looking high in the south for mid-northern latitudes around 10 p.m. local time in mid-August. The new object is ideally placed for viewing. Stellarium
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Klaatu barada nikto!
-PJ
Possa Nova?
A hard top!
Yeh! A variable star with a very long dim period, followed by an intense, but, short brightening. Recurrent Nova kind of thing like U Scorpio.
AS for the Sun, we don’t have to wait for the Sun to go nova. Just have to wait for it to become unstable like Delta Scorpio. Then we are toast.
Turns out that's another urban legend. Nova's sold okay in Latin countries. There's a whole linguistic angle that I won't repeat but one piece I read said that "nova" and "no va" are as distinguishable in Spanish as "carpet" and "car pet," and the root meaning of nova--new--is more readily understood in Spanish than in Ennglish.
Thanks BenLurkin, extra to APoD.
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