Nova Monocerotis 2012

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Nova Monocerotis 2012

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Une nova découverte 2012 Aug. 09.8048 UT par Shigehisa Fujikawa (Kanonji City, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan)
Discovery Magnitude: magnitude 9.4 C using a 105mm camera lens+CCD
Coordinates: 06 39 38.74 +05 53 52.0 (2000.0)

Spectres d'identifications réalisés par Stephane Charbonnel (2012 Aug. 14.137 UT) et James Edlin (2012 Aug. 14.140 UT) lors du stage de spectroscopie Aras à l'Observatoire de Haute-Provence.
Le nova a été suivie de façon intense les jours suivants.
Les spectres sont réusnis sur : http://www.astrosurf.com/aras/novae/Nova2012Mon.html
Les fits peuvent être téléchargés à partir de http://www.astrosurf.com/aras/novae/TableauSpectres.htm

Spectre d'identification par Jim Edlin
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Les raies nébulaires sont développées (notemment [OIII]), ce qui montre que la nova était déjà dans une phase avancée lors de sa découverte)
Au maximum de luminosité, elle a pu atteindre mag 5 environ.
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Identification of lines on a spectrum taken on 2012-08-17

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Spectre du 29 / 08 /2012
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Note aux observateurs : cette nova mérite d'être suivie le plus longtemps possible.
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This is a very bad image but hopefully it's clear: the spectrum changes, week per week (just one comparison now), are clear.
http://i.imgur.com/lvoSG.png?1
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Thank you for the comparison Ivan.
Here today spectrum. It becomes easier as the nova is higher (altitude between 24 and 31°)
[OIII] always strengthens.

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Nova Monocerotis 2012 - 07/09/2012

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Observation of Nova Mon 2012 taken with LhiresIII 2400 l/mm on a Celestron 8 telescope:

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Note: The LISA is equiped with a Atik460EX camera (bin 2x2) and the guiding camera is a Atik314L.
A view au the setup:

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See also ARAS nova page: http://www.astrosurf.com/aras/novae/Nova2012Mon.html

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Blue range and [Ne III] - N Mon 2012

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If you are curious and can push the blue wavelenght limit of the spectrograph, at 3869A the [Ne III] line emission is getting stronger. This confirms (again) it is a ONe nova.
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Thank you Ivan,

I have [Ne III] 3869 & 3968, but the spectrum is very noisy under 4000 angströms due to the poor sensibility of the CCD in near UV.
Here's a spctrum with a 5 sigma gaussian filter which shows [Ne III] 3869 & 3968
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There it is! Thanks Francois!
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Re: Nova Monocerotis 2012

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La page Mova Mon 2012 a été mise ) jour avec un (excellent) spectre obtenu par Christian le 14/09

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