V1391 Cas (N Cas 2020) faint companion

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Sun, 12/20/2020 - 19:31

Greetings,

Please note that there is a faint companion star about 5 arc seconds to the north of this nova.   Best seen in R (~17.1) and I (~15.3) filters but also in V.  The companion doesn't appear on the VSP G-scale normal chart but does appear on the Digital Sky Survey (DSS) image.  It may be inside your aperture now that this nova has faded significantly recently.

FYI.

Jim DeYoung (DEY)