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
About the Image
| Id: | potw1349b |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 10 December 2013, 14:36 |
| Size: | 3500 x 2333 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Nova Centauri 2013 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Type : Variable : Nova |
| Category: | Stars |
