Nova Sagittarii (March 28, 2015)

Nova Sagittarii on the morning of March 28, 2015, from New Mexico, as the nova was reported to have brightened to magnitude +5. The focal length nicely frames the Teapot asterism of Sagittarius.

I shot this with the 135mm telephoto at f/2.2 for a stack of 5 x 1.5 minute exposures at ISO 800 with the Canon 5D MkII, plus one exposure of the same length but taken thru the Kenko Softon filter and layered in Photoshop to add the star glows and bring out the nova more. Camera on the Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer tracker.

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