June 5, 2018
Event: Nova in Lupus - N Lup 2018 = PNV J15384000-4744500
Discovered by: Rob Kaufman (Bright, Victoria, Australia) at White Cliffs, NSW, Australia (via CBET 4520)
Discovery magnitude: 9.1 unfiltered CCD magnitude, object visible in 5 DSLR frames taken with 55mm lens (via CBET 4520)
Discovery date: 2018 June 03.4306 UT (via CBET 4520)
March 21, 2018
Event: Nova in Carina - ASASSN-18fv
Discovered by: All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN)
Discovery magnitude: brighter than magnitude 10 V (image was saturated)
Discovery date: 2018 March 20.32 UT
Coordinates (2000.0): R.A. 10 36 13.71 Decl. -59 35 55.1 (from VSX)
October 14, 2015
Event: Nova Oph 2015 No. 2 = TCP J17344775-2409042 [V2949 Oph]
Independent discovery by:
- Koichi Nishiyama (Kurume, Japan) and Fujio Kabashima (Miyaki, Japan)
- Shigehisa Fujikawa (Kan'onji, Kagawa, Japan)
Discovery magnitude:
- Nishiyama and Kabashima: 11.8 unfiltered (CCD, using a 135-mm f/4 camera lens (+FLI 09000 camera))
- Fujikawa: 12.1 unfiltered (CCD using a MINOLTA F 3.5 f 120mm lens)
March 16, 2015
Event: Nova Sagittarii 2015 No. 2 = PNV J18365700-2855420 [V5668 Sgr]
Discovered by: John Seach, Chatsworth Island, NSW, Australia
Discovery magnitude: 6.0 using DSLR and 50mm f/1.0 lens
Discovery date: 2015 March 15.634 UT
Coordinates: R.A. 18 36 56.84 Dec. -28 55 39.8 (2000.0)
February 18, 2015
Event: Nova Sagittarii 2015 = PNV J18142514-2554343 [V5667 Sgr]
Discovered independently by:
- Hideo Nishimura (Shizuoka-ken, Japan)
- Koichi Nishiyama (Kurume, Japan) and Fujio Kabashima (Miyaki, Japan)
Discovery magnitude:
- Nishimura: DSLR magnitude 11.2, using 200-mm f/3.2 lens + digital camera
- Nishiyama and Kabashima: unfiltered CCD magnitude 10.9, using a 105-mm f/4 camera lens (+SBIG STL6303E camera)
April 2, 2014
1. Nova Scorpii 2014 = TCP J17154683-3128303 [V1534 Sco]
2. Nova Cygni 2014 = PNV J20214234+3103296 [V2659 Cyg]
1. Nova Scorpii 2014 = TCP J17154683-3128303
Event: Nova Scorpii 2014 = TCP J17154683-3128303
Discovered by: Koichi Nishiyama (Kurume, Japan) and Fujio Kabashima (Miyaki, Japan)
Nova Centauri 2013 -- now named V1369 Cen -- is another bright nova in our skies for 2013. Discovered by Australian observer John Seach on December 2nd, Nova Cen has now surpassed Nova Del 2013's maximum at 4th magnitude, and began a complicated evolution to (thus far) two separate maxima brighter than 3.5. Nova Cen should put on a wonderful show for southern hemisphere observers for the end of the year, and may well continue well into 2014! We'll post updates to this page as we learn more about this bright southern nova. Meanwhile, we encourage all southern hemisph
Nova Delphini 2013 (also named V339 Del) is the biggest cosmic event in variable star astronomy this year, and this naked-eye nova is providing the community a wealth of new data on this important class of objects. The amateur astronomical community has made an enormous contribution of data for Nova Del so far, and now is a good time to review all that's happened so far in this nova outburst, and how the amateur community has played a role.
Note: This nova is continuing to fade slowly. Please continue monitoring it until further notice. - Elizabeth O. Waagen, 7 April 2020
