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A 14.64 second occultation was recorded by Steve Kerr, using Video-OSD technique.
Four clearly observed misses were recorded for this event and two sites were clouded out.
View the updated prediction.
Observers: 1 S Kerr,Glenlee,QLD,AU 2(M) S Quirk,Mudgee,NSW,AU 3(M) D Herald,Kambah, ACT,AU 4(M) D Gault,Hawkesbury Heights,NSW,AU 5(M) H Pavlov,Marsfield, NSW, AU 6(P) Predicted 6 Aug
Discussion:
The circle above is plotted at the expected 125 km diameter of Argentina. With only one chord it is not possible to determine whether Steve was north or south of the central line of the event.
The figure below shows the light curve of the occultation.
Observational Data:
Observation details for MP (469) Argentina By Star UCAC2 16869197 On 2009-08-13 at 13:09:15.0 _______________________________ Observer Stephen Kerr Location Glenlee,QLD,AU Longitude +150:30:0.8 Latitude -23:16:9.6 Altitude 50 m Datum WGS84 Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak Aperture 30 cm Seeing Steady Clear Timing GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis Disappearance 13:11:17.01 Reappearance 13:11:31.65 Comments: _______________________________ Observer Hristo Pavlov Location Marsfield, NSW, AU Longitude +151:06:16.8 Latitude -33:46:11.5 Altitude 100 m Datum WGS84 Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak Aperture 20 cm Seeing Steady Clear Timing GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis Missed Comments: Report prepopulated by OccultWatcher's Reporting Addin ver.1.2 _______________________________ Observer Dave Herald Location Kambah, ACT,AU Longitude +149:03:48.9 Latitude -35:23:49.3 Altitude 582 m Datum WGS84 Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak Aperture 35 cm Seeing Steady Clear Timing GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis Missed Comments: Report prepopulated by OccultWatcher's Reporting Addin ver.1.1 _______________________________ Observer Steve Quirk Location Mudgee,NSW,AU Longitude +149:39:45.6 Latitude -32:27:21.3 Altitude 508 m Datum Telescope Newtonian Aperture 32 cm Seeing Slight flickering Clear Timing GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis Missed Comments: no drop seen in limovie graphs _______________________________ Observer Dave Gault Location Hawkesbury Heights,NSW,AU Longitude +150:38:28. Latitude -33:39:52. Altitude 286 m Datum WGS84 Telescope Newtonian Aperture 25 cm Seeing Steady Clear Timing GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis Missed Comments: Report prepopulated by OccultWatcher's Reporting Addin ver.1.1