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Astronomy Picture of the Day

2015 March 25 

Naked Eye Nova Sagittarii 2015 No. 2 
Image Credit & Copyright: Ajay Talwar (The World at Night)

Explanation: It quickly went from obscurity to one of the brighter stars in Sagittarius -- but

it's fading. Named Nova Sagittarii 2015 No. 2, the stellar explosion is the brightest nova visible

from Earth in over a year. The featured image was captured four days ago from Ranikhet in the

Indian Himalayas. Several stars in western Sagittarius make an asterism known as the Teapot, and

 the nova, indicated by the arrow, now appears like a new emblem on the side of the pot. As of

last night, Nova Sag has faded from brighter than visual magnitude 5 to the edge of unaided

visibility. Even so, the nova should still be easily findable with binoculars

 in dark skies before sunrise over the next week.​

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