1732-23 NOVA OPHIUCHI 2004
Alert Notice 304 - Possible Nova in Ophichus
AAVSO Charts - 'D' Scale
Images of V2574 (N Oph 04)
Above spectrum and image by Maurice Gavin (www.astroman.fsnet.co.uk).
Above image of possible nova Oph 2004 taken by Doug West on 04-16-2004 09:40 UT with a 0.2m SCT and a SBIG ST-9E
CCD camera. The V band image is a median combination of seven 30 second exposures. The center of the image
is at 17 38 44.7 -23 25 57 and the field is approximately 29"x29". The nova was at V=10.29 at the
time of the image.
Above image of possible nova Oph 2004 taken by Berto Monard on 04-16-2004 03:27:51 UT field taken with an R filter. A stack of
about 5 individual images with 10s exposure time each.
Above image of possible nova Oph 2004 taken by Dr. D.T. Durig, J.B. Harris observers 2543111.915219 JD. The image is 70 arcmin N/S by 47 arcmin E/W, N up
2 x 120sec= 4 min total exp. Taken with a 0.35 m f/1.88 667 mm Schmidt + CCD unfiltered;
fit to 3012 UCAC 2.0 stars in FOV from V mag;
12.9 V +/-0.3 mag std dev.