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A 0.92 second occultation was recorded by John Broughton, using video OSD technique.
3 clearly observed misses were recorded for this event.
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Observers: 1(M) D Lowe,Brisbane, Queensland, AU 2 J Broughton,Pimpama, QLD, AU 3(M) C Chad,Gunnedah, NSW,AU 4(M) J Broughton,Reedy Creek, QLD, AU 5(P) Prediction 26 Oct
Discussion:
The circle above is plotted at the expected 75 km diameter of Montague. With one chord and a definite constrining miss to the south we can be confident of the path of Montague and that it was north of the predicted line.
The figure below shows the Tangra light curve of John's Mobile station occultation.
Observational Data:
Observation details for MP ( 535 ) Montague By Star TYC 6380-01039-1 On 2012-11-12 at 10:19:31.0 _______________________________ Observer Dennis Lowe Location Brisbane, Queensland, AU Longitude +153:06 Latitude -27:30 Altitude 40 m Datum WGS84 Telescope Refractor Aperture 10 cm Seeing Strong flickering Camera Type WAT120N+ PAL/CCIR Camera Delay 0.35 Timing GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis Missed Comments: obscuring smoke haze. Visually mag 3 stars not seen. Had to push camera to slow 5 to see star field. Please find attached a composite picture of the star field I was on. It is skewed just a little to the east of north (that is left). I think this is a good fit to the Guide 30' chart. What had me worried was the apparent low luminosity of the stars, but as I put in my report, the conditions were very poor. I was flat out seeing 3rd mag stars visually. The field of view in the picture is about 40' I think. Regards Dennis. _______________________________ Observer John Broughton Location Pimpama, QLD, AU Longitude +153:17 Latitude -27:48 Altitude 5 m Datum WGS84 Telescope Newtonian Aperture 32 cm Seeing Slight flickering Broken cloud Camera Type WAT120N PAL/CCIR Camera Delay 0.03 Timing GPS - other linking Video with frame analysis Disappearance 10:19:21.29 Reappearance 10:19:22.21 Comments: _______________________________ Observer Chris Chad Location Gunnedah, NSW,AU Longitude +150:15 Latitude -30:59 Altitude 315 m Datum WGS84 Telescope Newtonian Aperture 25 cm Seeing Slight flickering Clear Camera Type Samsung SCB-2000 NTSC/EIA Camera Delay 0 Timing GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis Missed Comments: Clear miss Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.7 _______________________________ Observer John Broughton Location Reedy Creek, QLD, AU Longitude +153:23 Latitude -28:06 Altitude 66 m Datum WGS84 Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak Aperture 25 cm Seeing Slight flickering Clear Camera Type WAT120N PAL/CCIR Camera Delay 0.03 Timing GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis Missed Comments: