Nova Centauri 2013, a naked-eye nova in Centaurus is the first southern hemisphere target I shot after moving to South Africa. It was one of the brightest (if not the brightest?) nova in our lifetime, and it was pink.
Image details
Data acquired on 2014-01-01 from Johannesburg, South Africa
25x30s ISO800 f/3.9
Calibrated with dark / flat / bias
Equipment used
Orion 8″ f/3.9 Astrograph
Celestron CGEM DX mount
Orion SSAG autoguider + 50mm guide scope
Canon T2i 550D DSLR (Baader IR modded)
Baader MPCC
Software
Image acquisition with BackyardEOS
Guiding with PHD
Calibration/alignment/integration and post-processing with PixInsight
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