A 4 second occultation was recorded by John Broughton, using a refractor telescope and LN-300-11673 camera.

A 6 second occultation was recorded by John Broughton, using a Newtonian telescope and LN-300-11673 camera.

A 6 second occultation was recorded by John Broughton, using a Newtonian telescope and Watec 120N+ camera.

One miss was recorded for this event.

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Observers:
  1(M) J Broughton, Reedy Creek, Queensland, Australia
  2    J Broughton, Brunswick Heads, New South Wales, Australia      
  3    J Broughton, Ballina, New South Wales, Australia      
  4    J Broughton, Broadwater, New South Wales, Australia      
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Discussion:

The ellipse above is plotted at the expected diameters of Tamara. The ellipse has been plotted to fit the observed chords.

The event appears to be just to the west of the predicted path.

Observational Data:

Observation details for MP ( 326 ) Tamara
By Star              HIP HIP105422
On 2016-09-23  at 15:44:51.0

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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   Brunswick Heads, NSW, AU
Longitude  +153:32
Latitude   -28:32
Altitude   6 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope Refractor
Aperture    8 cm
Seeing     Steady Clear 
Camera Type  LN-300-11673   PAL/CCIR      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - other linking Video with frame analysis
Disappearance  15:44:43.94
Reappearance   15:44:47.86
Comments:   

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Observer   John Broughton
Location   Ballina, NSW, AU
Longitude  +153:31
Latitude   -28:49
Altitude   5 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope Newtonian
Aperture    8 cm
Seeing     Steady Clear 
Camera Type  LN-300-11673   PAL/CCIR      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - other linking Video with frame analysis
Disappearance  15:44:42.05
Reappearance   15:44:47.85
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  Watec 120N+    PAL/CCIR      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - other linking Video with frame analysis
Disappearance  15:44:41.56
Reappearance   15:44:47.84
Comments: