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05-11-2009, 08:27 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: north Surrey/SW London
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| | | a little backyard science
Over the last week I've been recording a 'new star' low down in the SW after dusk discovered by Japanese amateur astronomers in late October. 
The 'star' is presumed to be a nova [or exploding star] but a nova is only confirmed when a spectrum of its light is obtained - I managed to take a spectrum with my telescope two nights ago and yes the nova is confirmed by characteristic bright lines of hydrogen shown in my video clip YouTube - amateur confirms a nova
I've yet to find another such confirmatory spectrum but I'm sure they're around 
Feel free to quiz me on this one!    |
05-11-2009, 03:59 PM
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| | | Re: a little backyard science
Wow that's a really impressive set up you've got Nytecam puts my 9x60s to shame
Amazing acheivement well done
Dave |
05-11-2009, 06:01 PM
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| | | Re: a little backyard science
Oh, well done you!  |
06-11-2009, 12:59 PM
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| | | Re: a little backyard science
Excellent mate  Nicely done. |
16-11-2009, 10:52 AM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: north Surrey/SW London
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| | | Re: a little backyard science
Thanks everyone for your interest 
Last night I got a shot of the second nova discovered by Japanese amateurs in the past month - this one a little higher in the sky but still low in the SW after dusk as shown in chart below.
The spectrum, as before, uses a 'grating' in front of the camera to split the nova's light into as streak or spectrum with brightish hygrogen line in 'emission' as marked - characteristic of a 'new' star or nova.
Below it is a reference star eg Altair with the its 'lines' marked. The separation of the H-alpha line from each star's image [to right] is identical   
Last edited by nytecam; 16-11-2009 at 10:57 AM.
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17-11-2009, 11:32 AM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: north Surrey/SW London
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| | | Re: a little backyard science
Here's a 'normal' shot from last night in 220s exposure with my piggybacked ETX-70 scope of nova Scutii 2009 
Last edited by nytecam; 17-11-2009 at 11:34 AM.
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17-11-2009, 11:45 AM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Watford, Hertfordshire.
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| | | Re: a little backyard science
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Originally Posted by nytecam  Feel free to quiz me on this one! | I think most of us wouldn't know what questions to ask!
;^)
Jim |
18-11-2009, 11:24 PM
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| | | Re: a little backyard science
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Originally Posted by Jim Ford I think most of us wouldn't know what questions to ask! ;^) Jim | Not to worry - neither do I for most other WAB forums - at least I'd never give a curt two word latin response to an ID query |
20-11-2009, 09:11 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: north Surrey/SW London
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| | | Re: a little backyard science
A follow-up spectrum of nova from tonight showing twin H-alpha peaks that I've not seen before in a nova - it didn't seems to be an artefact  |
26-11-2009, 10:29 AM
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| | | Re: a little backyard science
Spectroscopy is my passion and I'm using this thread to show-off my spectroscope made some years at YouTube - WPO hi-res stellar spectrograph
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