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A 5 second occultation was recorded by Dave Herald, using an SCT Telescope and Watec 910BD camera.
A 5 second occultation was recorded by John Newman, using an SCT Telescope and Watec 910BD camera.
Six misses were recorded for this event.
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Observers:
1(M) S Kerr, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
2(M) J Broughton, Reedy Creek, Queensland, Australia
3(M) D Gault, Hawkesbury Heights, New South Wales, Australia
4(M) P Nosworthy, Wentworth Falls, New South Wales Australia
5(M) T Barry, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
6 D Herald, Murrumbateman, New South Wales, Australia
7 J Newman, Flynn, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
8(M) G McKay, Blenheim, New Zealand
9(P) Prediction
Discussion:
The ellipse above is plotted at the expected diameters of 2003FF128. The ellipse has been plotted to fit the observed chords. The event appears to have been close to the predicted path.
The figure below shows the Tangra light curve of the occultation.
Herald:
Observational Data:
Observation details for MP ( 469506 ) 2003 FF128 By Star UCAC4 35276432 On 2017-05-24 at 13:42:08.0 _______________________________ Observer Tony Barry Location Penrith, Sydney Longitude +150:43 Latitude -33:44 Altitude 52 m Datum WGS84 Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak Aperture 25 cm Seeing Steady Clear Camera Type Flea 3-28S4M with ADVS ADVS Camera Delay Timing GPS - time inserted Video, photo or photoelectric Missed Comments: Clear but no occ seen. Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.8 _______________________________ Observer Dave Gault Location Hawkesbury Heights, NSW, AU Longitude +150:38 Latitude -33:39 Altitude 286 m Datum WGS84 Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak Aperture 30 cm Seeing Steady Clear Camera Type Watec 910BD PAL/CCIR Camera Delay Timing GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis Missed Comments: _______________________________ Observer Dave Herald Location Murrumbateman, NSW, Australia Longitude +148:59 Latitude -34:57 Altitude 594 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 Disappearance 13:41:42.33 Reappearance 13:41:46.90 Comments: Lightcurve from 13:36:07 to 13:47:59 by Tangra v3.6.5 using AperturePhotometry/AverageBackground.
Analysis by AOTA v4.2.15.0. Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.8 _______________________________ Observer Stephen Kerr Location Rockhampton, Qld, Australia Longitude +150:30 Latitude -23:16 Altitude 50 m Datum WGS84 Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak Aperture 30 cm Seeing Slight flickering Clear Camera Type Watec 910BD PAL/CCIR 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 Graeme McKay Location Blenheim Longitude +173:57 Latitude -41:32 Altitude 18 m Datum WGS84 Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak Aperture 28 cm Seeing Steady Clear Camera Type Watec 120N+ PAL/CCIR Camera Delay Timing GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis Missed Comments: Clear conditions Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.8 _______________________________ Observer John Newman Location Flynn, ACT, AU Longitude +149:02 Latitude -35:11 Altitude 657 m Datum WGS84 Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak Aperture 41 cm Seeing Steady Clear Camera Type Watec 910BD PAL/CCIR Camera Delay Timing GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis Disappearance 13:41:41.63 Reappearance 13:41:46.95 Comments: Further analysis required Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.8 _______________________________ Observer Peter Nosworthy Location Wentworth Falls, NSW Australia Longitude +150:22 Latitude -33:41 Altitude 890 m Datum WGS84 Telescope Dobsonian Aperture 30 cm Seeing Steady Clear Camera Type Watec 910BD PAL/CCIR Camera Delay Timing GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis Missed Comments: