+--------------------------------+ +--------------------------------+ ASTERIODAL OCCULTATION - REPORT FORM +--------------------------------+ +--------------------------------+ EAON & IOTA-ES EUROPEAN ASTEROIDAL OCCULTATION NETWORK INTERNATIONAL OCCULTATION TIMING ASSOCIATION EUROPEAN SECTION +--------------------------------+ +--------------------------------+ 1.DATE: 2007/11/05 STAR: 2UCAC 44127678 ASTEROID: (672) Astarte 2.OBSERVER: Name: Gerhard Dangl Phone: ++43-(0)2842-53908 Address: AUSTRIA, A-3830, Nonndorf 12 E-mail: gerhard@dangl.at 3.OBSERVING STATION: Nearest city: Waidhofen/Thaya Latitude: N 48 47 13.5 (WGS84) Longitude: E 15 14 08.4 (WGS84) Altitude: 591m (WGS84) Single/Multiple: Single +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ 4.TIMING OF EVENTS: Occultation recorded: POSITIVE Type of event: "S"tart observation; "I"nterrupt-"s"tart; "D"isappearance; "B"link; "F"lash; "E"nd observation; "I"nterrupt-"e"nd; "R"eappearance; "O"ther (specify) Personal Equation Substracted: No Event Time (UT) P.E. Accuracy + Comments code: HH:MM:SS.ss S.ss S.ss S: 22:04:59 D: 22:09:21.021 0.00 (+/-160ms) R: 22:09:25.501 0.00 (+/-160ms) Duration 4.480s (+/-320ms) Event mid time 22:09:23.261 E: 22:12:05 5.TELESCOPE: Type: Newton Focal length: 1200mm Aperture: 254 mm Magnification: video/primary focus/FOV 15.8'x13.7'/1.48"x1.43" per pixel Mount: Equatorial Motor drive: Yes 6.TIMING & RECORDING: Timekeeping: GPS 1PPS Garmin 18 LVC + KIWI-OSD Sensor/Camera: WAT-120N, CCIR, 1/2" Sony CCD-Sensor ICX419ALL Mode of recording: It=320ms (3.125 Img/s), Video CCIR, AVI, YUY2, Huffyuv, Device of recording: Xpert V-Stream Videograbber USB2.0, Notebook Harddisk Time insertion: KIWI-OSD 7.OBSERVING CONDITIONS: Atmospheric transparency: fair Wind: 0 - 0.5m/s Star image stability: fair Minor planet visible: No Temperature: 270 Kelvin (-03 deg Celsius) 8.ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Due to some thin clouds in target area and spectral class of target star an integration time of 320ms (Mode 8x) had to be used. Video evaluation accomblished with VirtualDub1.6.16 and Limovie0927 Occultation with a duration of 4.480s (+/-320ms) detected D/R times determined with the use of correction table on http://www.dangl.at/ausruest/vid_tim/vid_tim1.htm#wat_120n No filter was used Target star 2UCAC 44127678, +12.0mag, 32deg Elevation Limit on recorded video fields without editing was GSC 2460 829, +13.2mag 3-D Position and timing Garmin GPS18 LVC Receiving 07 satellites Horizontal Dilution of Precision 1.3 Geoidal separation 44.4m (Altitude 546.3MSL + 44.4 = 590.7m in WGS84 datum) Gerhard Dangl gerhard@dangl.at www.dangl.at/ +--------------------------------------------------------------------+