Yup, from 42º north it's just about 15º above the horizon. That puts it
just below the top of the mountain to the south. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 7/8/2012 5:11 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
> I know we have a few astrophotographers on this group, and I just
> received this email about a newly discovered nova that should be visible to
> everyone south of 50ºN latitude. According to my star altlas and
> planisphere it should be directly south at local midnight, about 15º above
> the southern horizon.
>
> Chris
>
> ============================================================================
> ====
>
>>
>> --- In 60mmtelescopeclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "gp100man" <gp100man@...> wrote:
>>>
>>> On July 07,2012, a few hours ago Japanese astronomers discovered a
>>> bright new NOVA in Sagittarious between the "lid" and "spout" in the
>>> teapot/archer constellation. Right Ascension 18 H 20.5 M, Declination
>>> -27o 44" (equinox 2000).
>>> The really really new NOVA is rated at 7.8 magnitude.
>>> The Celestron website states that their Powerseeker 60EQ model
> 21043
>>> (my favorite 60mm due to the F/15 focal ratio and good quality lens)will
>>> go down to 11.4 limiting steller magnitude.
>>>
>>> WHO WILL BE THE FIRST ASTRONOMER IN THIS 60MM ONLINE TELESCOPE CLUB
>>> TO SPOT THE NEW NOVA.
>>>
>>> Speaking for myself, I don't think I've ever seen a NOVA, so this
>>> will be quite an adventure this coming next few days. And I hope the
> NOVA
>>> gets brighter, like 1572 type brighter.
>>> This info is rather preliminary, so if you can get more info on the
>>> NOVA, please post it here.
>>> Carol. I'm eating as much pumpkin pie as I can wishing for clear
> skies
>>> this coming week.
>>>
>>
>
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