An 8.1 second occultation was recorded by Brian Loader, using video technique.

View the updated prediction from TransTasman faint star list.

Observers:
  1    B Loader,Darfield                    
  2(P) Prediction, TT0803, 17-Feb           

Discussion:

The circle above is plotted at the expected 59 km diameter of Angola. With only one chord it is not possible to determine whether Brian was north or south of the central line of the event. However, assuming the updated prediction was approximately correct, the longer than expected chord of about 70km would suggest that the chord might lie close to the central portion of the asteroid and that the object is not circular.

Observational Data:

Observation details for MP (1712) Angola
By Star              UCAC2 20859093
On 2008-03-06  at 15:51:22.0
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Observer   Brian Loader
Location   Darfield 
Longitude  +172:06:24.4
Latitude   -43:28:52.9
Altitude   210 m
Datum      WGS84
Telelscope SCT including Cass and Mak
Apperture   25 cm
Seeing     Slight flickering Clear
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video, photo or photoelectric
Disappearance  15:51:53.10
Reappearance   15:52:01.20
Comments: A "Trans-Tasman Low Magnitude" event.   Magnitude 12.1 the star was clearly if faintly visible on the monitor.  Analysis of captured video using Limovie difficult but obtained by using running averages of 6 fields.   
Times were also obtained by using stopwatch on video playback