NOVA SCORPII 2013

NOVA SCORPII 2013

PNV J17335943-3606216

Discovered in Scorpius by Koichi Nishiyama and Fujio Kabashima on two 40-s unfiltered CCD frames taken around 2013 June. 03.6146 UT ( limiting magnitude=13.5 ), using a 105-mm f/4 camera lens (+SBIG STL6303E camera).

Position (2000.0) : R.A. = 17 33 59.44, Decl.= -36 06 21.7

Nova Scropii image taken with Alpy 600 spectrograph guiding camera (Atik314L+) - CN212 - June 3.9 - 30 sec.

June 12.9 - 60 sec.

Telescope orientation during Nova Scorpii 2013 ovservations. The objet is a very southern from obervatory (south of France)!

June 3.960, 2013 observation

Setup: CN212 telescope (0.20-m diameter) + Alpy 600 spectrograph (R = 600 - 23 microns slit) + Atik460EX CCD camera (bin. 1x1) - Data reduction : ISIS - Reference star: HD170479
Observatory: Castanet-Tolosan Observatory (France)
Observer: Christian Buil

V mag. = nearly 13.5
Exposure: 10 x 600 seconds
Download the spectrum : _novascorpii_2013_20130603_960_cbuil.fit

June 12.945, 2013 observation

Setup: CN212 telescope (0.20-m diameter) + Alpy 600 spectrograph (R = 600 - 23 microns slit) + Atik460EX CCD camera (bin. 1x1) - Data reduction : ISIS - Reference star: HD170479
Observatory: Castanet-Tolosan Observatory (France)
Observer: Christian Buil

V mag. = nearly 15.2
Exposure: 16 x 600 seconds
Download the spectrum : _novascorpii_2013_20130612_945_cbuil.fit

A faint Hbeta emission is visible. Also faint trace of FeII (74) lines). We can note near infrared intense OI 7773 A, O I 8446 A and CaII triplet near 8560 A lines.

Comparison of June 3.96 and June 12.94 spectra.

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