V1405 Cas - Nova 2021 Cas (Florian Rünger)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Phoenix (Phe)

V1405 Cas - Nova 2021 Cas

This is a recolored echellogram using the BACHES echelle spectrograph from Baader Planetarium of V1405 Cas, which has been discovered recently.

This spectrum exhibits the special P Cygni spectral features, which are often detected when observing supernovae, planetary nebulae, and of course novae.

They result from the expanding shell surrounding the double star system, that - on one hand - absorbs the light in the line of sight of the central star and - on the other hand - also scatters the light of the star(s) in the non-line of sight regions at this specific wavelength towards an observer on earth.

The final result is a broad emission line, superimposed with a blue-shifted absorption line.

One can also see the sodium doublet very clearly. These result, among other sources (e.g. one of the companions in that system), also from the interstellar medium that lies in the line of sight. The nova itself lies nicely in the galactic disk and thus shows, due to its great distance to earth, also absorption in the spectrum of neutral sodium.

This image has been recolored (arbitrarily), meaning the original image was taken with a mono sensor. The rest of the coloring process itself was carried out with Photoshop etc.

I found this very interesting since this is another point of view on this special nova.

I'm very excited about how this nova is evolving over time.

Clear skies everone,

Florian

Please note: The following tables are updated every 24 hours.

Distribution of astrophotographers

This table shows the number of distinct astrophotographers who have been assigned and IOTD/TP award compared to the total number of images awarded.
	Distinct awarded users	Total awarded images
Image of the day
Top picks
Top pick nominations

Distribution of subject types

This table shows the distribution of awards per subject type, compared to the popularity of images of that subject type.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Deep sky
Solar system
Extremely wide field
Star trails
Northern lights
Noctilucent clouds
Landscape

Distribution of data sources

This table shows the distribution of awards per data source, compared to the popularity of images acquired from that data source.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Backyard
Traveller
Own remote observatory
Amateur hosting facility
Public amaeteur data
Professional, scientific grade data
Mix of multiple sources
Other
Unknown

The “AstroBin Image of the Day and Top Picks”, or IOTD/TP, is a long-running system to promote beautiful, interesting, peculiar, or otherwise amazing astrophotographs, with a focus on technical excellence. Learn more.

Submitted The date and time when you submitted this image for IOTD/TP consideration.	...
Views by Submitters (available since September 19th, 2023) Every image is assigned to 50% of available Submitters. In the event that at least 80% of them don't view the image before its time in the IOTD/TP process expires, it's assigned to the other 50% of Submitters and the process begins anew.
Promotions by Submitters When 3 distinct Submitters promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for Top Pick status. This requirement, in addition to anonymization of images and distribution to only a subset of them, prevents biases and ensures that the best images are selected.
Promotions by Reviewers When 3 distinct Reviewers promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for IOTD status.
Early dismissal Staff members have a lot of images to inspect on a daily basis, and they can dismiss images if they believe they don't meet the requirements for IOTD/TP selection. If an image is dismissed 5 times, it's removed from the process. This streamlines the process and ensures that any bias present in promotions could be overruled by other staff members.

Status	Basic success
Started	...
Astrometry.net job	4491679
PixInsight job	n/a
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	n/a

Image Index:

Contribution Index (beta):

V1405 Cas - Nova 2021 Cas

V1405 Cas - Nova 2021 Cas

Equipment

Acquisition details

Description

Comments

Sky plot

Histogram

		...
You have no new notifications.

Image Index:

Contribution Index (beta):

V1405 Cas - Nova 2021 Cas

V1405 Cas - Nova 2021 Cas

Equipment

Acquisition details

Description

Comments

Sky plot

Histogram

Notifications

AstroBin is in READ ONLY mode

Sorry :-(

Sorry :-(

Sorry :-(

Are you really sure?

Warning!

Warning!

Are you sure?

Report abuse

Slideshow settings

IOTD/TP stats (last [x] days)

Distribution of astrophotographers

Distribution of subject types

Distribution of data sources

Sorry

Sorry

Share

Upload new revision

Upload uncompressed source (XISF/FITS/PSD/TIFF)

Delete image and all its revisions?

Delete original image?

Delete all other versions?

Delete all revisions?

IOTD/TP stats

The following people like this image

The following people bookmarked this image

Warning

Flag malfunctioning thumbnails

Contains

Remove yourself as a collaborator

Plate-solving information