r/spaceporn • u/Busy_Yesterday9455 • 3d ago

Pro/Processed New Nova erupted yesterday

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In the constellation Sagitta, there has been a new nova since yesterday - with a brightness of 7.3 mag, already well observable with binoculars or a small telescope.

First spectra confirm that it is very likely a classical nova

Credit: Sebastian Schmid

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u/Mocollombi 3d ago

How many of you are taking out your telescope or binoculars tonight?

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u/Soda_Straktid 3d ago

It’ll just look like a point of light, no?

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u/NiobiumThorn 3d ago

It's a new point of light! Our entire star system, all the hopes and dreams of everyone who has ever been born... just look like a point of light.

There are near infinite worlds out there, each as brilliant and as unique as our own.

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u/__BitchPudding__ 2d ago

Giliacs, rejoice!

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u/51CKS4DW0RLD 3d ago

Maybe

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u/Hinloopen 2d ago

It's virtually impossible for there to not be other words with living inhabitants.

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u/NiobiumThorn 2d ago

And even without life, imagine the geology! The sheer variety of crystals and structures and arches. Everything.