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A 14.20 second occultation was recorded by Jonathan Bradshaw, using video OSD technique.
View the TT14 low magnitude prediction map and path details
Observers: 1 J Bradshaw,Samford, QLD, AU 2(P) Prediction TT14 24 April
Discussion:
The circle above is plotted at the expected 85 km diameter of Virtus.
With only one chord it is not possible to determine whether Jonathan was was
north or south of the central line of the event.
However, assuming the updated prediction was approximately correct the measured
chord of about 87 km would suggest that the chord might lie close
to the central portion of the asteroid.
Note that there was a miss reported for Virtus on 2009 April 21 and another positive
just a week after this one on 2009 May 17. Both positives had chords close to 87 km,
and were late by about 40 seconds in this case and 30 seconds late subsequently.
The figure below shows the Limovie light curve of the occultation.
Observational Data:
Observation details for MP (494) Virtus By Star UCAC2 19485472 On 2009-05-10 at 19:23:47.0 _______________________________ Observer Jonathan Bradshaw Location Samford, QLD, AU Longitude +152:52:22.7 Latitude -27:21:22.8 Altitude 95 m Datum WGS84 Telescope Dobsonian Aperture 50 cm Seeing Slight flickering Clear Timing GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis Disappearance 19:24:42.62 Reappearance 19:24:56.82 Comments: 55 Seconds late! Full moon required 12x (6 Frame) integration. I have subtracted 120ms which is my estimate of the camera lag, but the margin of error may be as high as +/- 120ms