A 12 second occultation was recorded by John Broughton, using a Newtonian Telescope and Watec 120N+ camera.

Three misses were recorded for this event.

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Observers:
  1(M) J Broughton, Reedy Creek, Queensland, Australia
  2(M) J Broughton, Broadwater, New South Wales, Australia      
  3(M) J Broughton, Corindi Beach, New South Wales, Australia 
  4    J Broughton, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia 
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Discussion:

The DAMIT model has been plotted to fit the observed chord.

The event appears to be south of the predicted path.

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

Observational Data:

Observation details for MP ( 19 ) Fortuna
By Star              TYC 5784-0065 
On 2016-08-15  at 14:23:38.0

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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     Steady Clear 
Camera Type  Watec 120N+    PAL/CCIR      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - other linking Video with frame analysis

Missed

Comments:   

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Observer   John Broughton
Location   Broadwater, NSW, AU
Longitude  +153:24
Latitude   -29:02
Altitude   9 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope Newtonian
Aperture   25 cm
Seeing     Steady Clear 
Camera Type  LN-300-11673   PAL/CCIR      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - other linking Video with frame analysis

Missed

Comments:   

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Observer   John Broughton
Location   Corindi Beach, NSW, AU
Longitude  +153:09
Latitude   -29:59
Altitude   58 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope Newtonian
Aperture   25 cm
Seeing     Steady Clear 
Camera Type  LN-300-11673   PAL/CCIR      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - other linking Video with frame analysis

Missed

Comments:   

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Observer   John Broughton
Location   Coffs Harbour, NSW, AU
Longitude  +153:08
Latitude   -30:16
Altitude   9 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope Newtonian
Aperture   32 cm
Seeing     Steady Clear 
Camera Type  Watec 120N+    PAL/CCIR      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis
Disappearance  14:24:05.87
Reappearance   14:24:18.23
Comments: Small magnitude drop, large shift south in path sigma.