[guide-user] Re: Nova Aquilae 1999 #2

Berthold Hamburger Dec 5, 1999

Hi,

First of all, sorry for Off-topic Jahn!

Just wanted to mention that I put a photo of the Nova on my homepage.
The link is:

www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/9601/astrophoto/aphoto.htm

I took another one tonight as it seemed to me as if the Nova
brightened since two days ago. Can anybody confirm that?

Berthold

On Sun, 5 Dec 1999 14:14:59 -0500, you wrote:

>Hey everybody
>
>We saw the nova from here in Northern England last night. (I've never seen
>one before - thanks, Bill.) I showed it to my kids using 10 x 40
>binoculars on a camera tripod: didn't need the scope. It was distinctly
>orange, and brighter than 22 Aqu (about mag 5). My daughter, who has eyes
>like a hawk, could see it with the naked eye even in our light-polluted
>sky.
>
>Tonight it's cloudy!
>
>Steve O'Leary
>Leeds, UK
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