|
A 3.4 second occultation was recorded by Dean Hooper from Melbourne, Victoria while Briand Loader at Darfield on the South Island of New Zealand recorded a miss.
View a prediction here.
Observers: 1(M) B Loader,Darfield 2 D Hooper,Melbourne, VIC. Australia 3(P) Prediction
Discussion:
The circle above is plotted at the expected 54 km diameter of Kathleen. With only one chord it is not possible to determine whether Dean was north or south of the central line of the event and Brian's observation is not close enough to constrain the solution so the circle has been plotted on the observed chord .
The figure below shows the Tangra light curve of Dean's observation.
Observational Data:
Observation details for MP ( 3754 ) Kathleen By Star TYC 0309-00264-1 On 2016-04-24 at 10:53:39.0 _______________________________ Observer B. Loader Location Darfield 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 Watec 910BD AAV-PAL Camera Delay Timing GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis Missed Comments: Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.8 _______________________________ Observer Dean Hooper Location Melbourne, VIC. Australia Longitude +145:00 Latitude -37:56 Altitude 28 m Datum WGS84 Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak Aperture 24 cm Seeing Slight flickering Thin cloud Camera Type Watec 910HX PAL/CCIR Camera Delay Timing GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis Disappearance 10:56:08.22 Reappearance 10:56:11.60 Comments: Occultation was 40 secs earlier than predicted. Light curve generation Tangra v3.5.0.6. Time analysis AOTA v4.2.0.4