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OCCULTATION OF HIP 54491 BY 13 Egeria
2009 January 29


A 22.1 second occultation was recorded by Peter Litwiniuk, using Video OSD technique.

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Observers:
  1    P Litwiniuk,Pakenham,Victoria,AU
  2(P) Prediction 22 Jan
    

Egeria occultation - 2009 January 29

Discussion:

The circle above is plotted at the expected 208 km diameter of Egeria. With only one chord it is not possible to determine whether Peter was north or south of the central line of the event. However, the observation would suggest that the chord might lie within +/- 50 km of the central portion of the asteroid.

Observational Data:


Observation details for MP (13 ) Egeria
By Star              HIP HIP54491
On 2009-01-29  at 15:09:59.0
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Observer   P Litwiniuk
Location   Pakenham,Pakenham,Victoria 3810,Australia
Longitude  +145:29:0.
Latitude   -38:04:2.
Altitude   62 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT
Aperture   20 cm
Seeing     strong flickering V. Thin cloud (1)
Timing     GPS - time inserted video
Disappearance  15:09:57.40
Reappearance   15:10:19.50
Comments:
The air was quite turbulent and unsteady at the low altitude (14 degrees) of
the target star which also appeared slightly fainter than expected.
The timings were collected using the frame-by-frame advance of a VCR deck.
The reappearance has a large uncertainty because I accidently recorded over
it before obtaining a more precise value.


    

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