Nova Her 2021

A new Nova discovered on 12th June by Seiji Ueda (Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan)

This image was compiled from 60 x 60s frames + Darks & Flats on 13th June.

Scope:     Sky Watcher ED80 DS Pro
Mount:    Sky Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Camera:  Altair Astro Hypercam 183C

Guide scope: Sky Watcher Evoguide 50ED
Guide cam:   Altair Astro GP-CAM 290M

Image capture: SharpCap
Guiding:           PHD2
Planetarium:    Cartes du Ciel

Stacked in DSS.

Processed in Affinity Photo V1.9.2 and Photoshop Elements 13.

The Nova is the bright red star at the centre of this image.

CME June 9th 2021

I captured my first CME today, from just over 1000 frames taken at 15s intervals this short video is about 200 frames long, the CME lasted about 43 minutes in real time.

Scope: Coronado PST

Imaging Camera: Altair Astro GP-CAM 3 178M

Mount: Sky Watcher NEQ6 Pro

Image capture: SharpCap

I used "Planetary Imaging PreProcessor" (PiPP) to stabilise the Sun in the frame, that results in the unstable base of the video.

https://sites.google.com/site/astropipp/