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Nova Centaurus 2013 (non-annotated)
Image of Nova Centaurus 2013, taken by ESO Photo Ambassador Yuri Beletsky at ESO's La Silla Observatory in the Chilean Atacama Desert in the morning hours of Monday 9 December 2013.
The nova was discovered by John Seach from Australia on 2 December 2013 as it approached naked eye brightness. Nova Centaurus 2013 is the brightest nova to have occurred this so far this millennium.
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Image of Nova Centauri 2013 (annotated)
Credit:Y. Beletsky (LCO)/ESO
Over de afbeelding
| Id: | potw1349b |
| Type: | Fotografisch |
| Publicatiedatum: | 10 december 2013 14:36 |
| Grootte: | 3500 x 2333 px |
Over het object
| Naam: | Nova Centauri 2013 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Type : Variable : Nova |
| Categorie: | Stars |
