A 1.04 second occultation was recorded by Brian Loader, using Video OSD technique.

View the Personal Occult prediction.

Observers:
  1    B Loader,Darfield,NZ
  2(P) Prediction, Personal 19 Sept

        

Discussion:

The circle above is plotted at the expected 43 km diameter of Velleda. With only one chord it is not possible to determine whether Brian was north or south of the central line of the event.

The figure below shows the Limovie/Tangra light curve of the occultation.

Observational Data:

Observation details for MP ( 126 ) Velleda
By Star              UCAC2 21574291
On 2012-09-19  at 08:48:52.0

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Observer   B. Loader
Location   Darfield,NZ
Longitude  +172:06
Latitude   -43:28
Altitude   210 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   25 cm
Seeing     Slight flickering Clear
Camera Type  WAT120N        PAL/CCIR
Camera Delay 0.17
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis
Disappearance  08:49:02.58
Reappearance   08:49:03.62
Comments: Occult prediction.  Combined mag 12.6,  mag chnage 1.6,
Predicted Max duration 1.8 s