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OCCULTATION OF UCAC4 342-191894 BY 111 Ate
2016 April 24

A 6.6 second occultation was recorded by David Gault from the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. No other reports were received for this event.

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Observers:
  1    D Gault,Hawkesbury Heights, NSW, AU  
  2(P) Prediction

Ate occultation__ 2016 April 24

Discussion:

The circle above is plotted at the expected 135 km diameter of Ate. With only one chord it is not possible to determine whether Dave was north or south of the central line of the event.

The figure below shows the AOTA light curve of the occultation.

Ate occultation__ 2016 April 24

Observational Data: 

Observation details for MP ( 111 ) Ate
By Star              UCAC4 342-191894
On 2016-04-24  at 17:19:34.0

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Observer   Dave Gault
Location   Hawkesbury Heights, NSW, AU
Longitude  +150:38
Latitude   -33:39
Altitude   286 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   30 cm
Seeing     Steady Clear 
Camera Type  Flea3-03S1 with ADVS         ADVS          
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis
Disappearance  17:19:20.99
Reappearance   17:19:27.62
Comments:  Lightcurve from 17:18:31 to 17:20:37 by Tangra v3.5.6 using AperturePhotometry/AverageBackground. Analysis by AOTA v4.2.0.4. Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.8

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