A 7 second occultation was recorded by Dave Herald, using a Newtonian Telescope and Watec 910BD camera.

Two misses were recorded for this event.

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Observers:
  1    D Herald, Murrumbateman, New South Wales, Australia 
  2(M) J Newman, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
  3(M) D Hooper, Officer, Victoria, Australia
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Discussion:

With only one chord it is not possible to determine whether Dave was north or south of the centre line of the event. The DAMIT model has been plotted centred on the observed chord.

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

Observational Data:

Observation details for MP ( 208 ) Lacrimosa
By Star              UCAC4 371-182653
On 2016-10-20  at 12:12:01.0

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Observer   Dave Herald
Location   Murrumbateman
Longitude  +148:59
Latitude   -34:57
Altitude   594 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope Newtonian
Aperture   40 cm
Seeing     Slight flickering Clear 
Camera Type  Watec 910BD    NTSC/EIA      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis
Disappearance  12:11:30.99
Reappearance   12:11:38.13
Comments: Path moved north, and was 25secs early Lightcurve from 00:00:00 to 12:13:11 by Tangra v3.5.9 using AperturePhotometry/AverageBackground. 
Analysis by AOTA v4.2.4.3. Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.8

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Observer   John Newman
Location   Canberra, ACT, AU
Longitude  +149:02
Latitude   -35:11
Altitude   657 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   40 cm
Seeing     Steady Clear 
Camera Type  Watec 910BD    PAL/CCIR      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis

Missed

Comments:  Lightcurve from 00:00:00 to 12:13:33 by Tangra v3.6.0 using AperturePhotometry/AverageBackground. Analysis by AOTA v4.2.4.0. 
Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.8

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Observer   Dean Hooper
Location   Officer, VIC, Australia
Longitude  +145:24
Latitude   -38:03
Altitude   67 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   20 cm
Seeing     Strong flickering Thin cloud < 2 Strong winds
Camera Type  Watec 910HX    PAL/CCIR      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis

Missed

Comments: Miss. Mobile observation. Sheltered from strong winds in the back corner of a fenced vacant house block in a new housing estate.