A 1 second occultation was recorded by Dean Hooper, using an SCT Telescope and Watec 910HX camera.

One miss was recorded for this event.

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Observers:
  1(M) J Milner, Bayswater, Victoria, Australia
  2    D Hooper, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia      
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Discussion:

The circle above is plotted at the expected diameter of Fukaya. With only one chord (the miss is too distant to provide additional information), it is not possible to determine whether Dean was north or south of the centre line of the event. The event appears to have been to the south of the predicted path. The circle 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 ( 4873 ) Fukaya
By Star              TYC 5001-00424-1 
On 2017-05-15  at 14:05:13.0

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Observer   Jacquie Milner
Location   Bayswater, Vic, AU
Longitude  +145:14
Latitude   -37:50
Altitude   110 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   20 cm
Seeing     Steady Clear heavy dew
Camera Type  Mintron 12v1C-EX             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

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Observer   Dean Hooper
Location   Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Longitude  +145:05
Latitude   -37:59
Altitude   10 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   28 cm
Seeing     Steady Clear 
Camera Type  Watec 910HX    PAL/CCIR      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis
Disappearance  14:04:47.30
Reappearance   14:04:48.44
Comments: Light curve generation Tangra v3.6.7.  Time analysis AOTA v4.2.8.0 Beautiful clear event to see live on the monitor! 
Last minute decision to observe this one, despite feeling unwell that evening.