T Coronae Borealis - Recurrent Nova...

Took the opportunity of a clear sky to get a reference image of T Coronae Borealis using the Seestar S50 smart telescope. This is a recurrent nova with a burst period of about 80 years. There was a pre-cursor dimming last year leading to predictions it will go nova sometime this year (2024). Based on past observations it should brighten by a factor of about 1000.

If/when it goes bang I hope to get a comparison image.

Note (added 21 June 2024): I have noticed that in the above image there are 'phantom' stars at the 7 O'clock position next to the bright stars. This is - presumably - due to one or more misaligned sub-frames being added to the stacked image. At a later date a manual stacking process will be used to try and identify the misaligned sub-frames and remove them from the stack.