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A 3.6 second occultation was recorded by Jonathan Bradshaw, using video OSD technique.
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Observers: 1 J Bradshaw,ord Valley, Qld, Australia 2(P) Prediction, May 14
Discussion:
The circle above is plotted at the expected 73 km diameter of Sundmania. With only one chord it is not possible to determine whether Jonathan was north or south of the central line of the event.
The figure below shows the Limovie light curve of the occultation.
Observational Data:
Observation details for MP ( 1424 ) Sundmania By Star UCAC2 18025815 On 2013-06-07 at 18:06:02.0 _______________________________ Observer Jonathan Bradshaw Location Samford Valley, Qld, Australia Longitude +152:50 Latitude -27:22 Altitude 80 m Datum WGS84 Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak Aperture 36 cm Seeing Steady Broken cloud Camera Type G-Star PAL/CCIR Camera Delay 0.11 Timing GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis Disappearance 18:05:56.36 Reappearance 18:05:59.96 Comments: A 12 mag event - using 12x (6 frame) integration due to potential loss by intermittent clouds I have subtracted 120ms which is my estimate of the camera lag, so the margin of error may be as high as +/- 120ms Moments after, the clouds rolled over Video of event