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Naked Eye Nova Sagittarii 2015 No. 2
Explanation: It quickly went from obscurity to one of the brighter stars in Sagittarius -- but it's fading. Named Nova Sagittarii 2015 No. 2 , the stellar explosion is the brightest nova visible from Earth in over a year . The featured image was captured four days ago from Ranikhet in the India n Himalayas . Several stars in western Sagittarius make an asterism known as the Teapot , and the nova, indicated by the arrow, now appears like a new emblem on the side of the pot . As of last night, Nova Sag has faded from brighter than visual magnitude 5 to the edge of unaided visibility. Even so, the nova should still be easily findable with binoculars in dark skies before sunrise over the next week.
Gallery: Solar Eclipse
| Date | March 25, 2015 |
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| Credit | Image Credit & Copyright: Ajay Talwar ( The World at Night ) |
| Authors & editors: | Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) |
| A service of: |
ASD at NASA / GSFC, NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U. |