V462 Lupi - visible to the naked eye

V462 Lupi Nova is now visible to the naked eye!

The nova in the constellation Lupus is currently visible to the naked eye. Based on surrounding stars with magnitudes 5.2 and 5.8, I estimated its brightness to be about magnitude 5.4 using a 13x50 monocular. It’s not instantly noticeable, so allow your eyes a few minutes to adapt to the dark.

Realme Narzo 50 mobile phone with Neewer 2× Telephotolens mounted on an equatorial mount 1 with motor drive

Stacked using Deepskystacker and post process in GraXpert, Photoshop, and Lightroom