+--------------------------------+ +--------------------------------+ EARTHMOON OCCULTATION - REPORT FORM +--------------------------------+ +--------------------------------+ EAON & IOTA-ES EUROPEAN ASTEROIDAL OCCULTATION NETWORK INTERNATIONAL OCCULTATION TIMING ASSOCIATION EUROPEAN SECTION +--------------------------------+ +--------------------------------+ 1.DATE: 2008/10/17 STAR: SAO 76573 Catalogue details XZ 5642 = SAO 76573 = ZC 647 = chi Tauri RA = 4 22 34.9436 PM = 0.00151s Dec = 25 37 45.531 PM = -0.0179" Mv = 5.38, Mb = 5.34, Mr = 5.40 Spectrum B9 Approx dia. .0002" NSV 15957, 5.34 to 5.39Hp Star is the primary of the following pair Name Cmpt Yr1 Yr2: PA1 PA2 : Sep1 Sep2 : Mag1 Mag2 STF 528 1822 1998: 27.0 25.0: 19.700 19.600: 5.40 8.43 WDS Discoverer codes STF Struve, F.G.W. 2.OBSERVER: Name: Gerhard Dangl Phone: ++43-(0)2842-53908 Address: AUSTRIA, A-3830, Nonndorf 12 E-mail: gerhard@dangl.at 3.OBSERVING STATION: Place: Nonndorf, 3830, Austria Latitude: N 48 47 13.6 (WGS84) Longitude: E 15 14 08.3 (WGS84) Altitude: 599m (WGS84) Single/Multiple: Single +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ 4.TIMING OF EVENTS: Event recorded: Reappearance 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.sss S.ss S.ss R: 23:50:08.324 0.01 Component A, dark side R: 23:50:57.564 0.01 Component B, dark side 5.TELESCOPE: Type: Newton Focal length: 1200mm Aperture: 254 mm Magnification: video/primary focus/FOV 15.8'x13.7' (640x576, 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-902H2 Ultimate, CCIR, 1/2" Sony CCD-Sensor ICX429ALL, 768x576 Mode of recording: It=20ms (50 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: good Wind: 0 - 0.5m/s Star image stability: fair Temperature: 273 Kelvin (+00 deg Celsius) 8.ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Moon 86.3% illuminated, waning, Alt=59deg, AZ=129deg. Only Clear glass filter (Astronomik) for CCD protection was used. Video evaluation accomblished with VirtualDub1.7.8 and Limovie0.9.28c 3-D Position and timing Garmin GPS18 LVC Receiving 08 satellites Horizontal Dilution of Precision 1.2 Geoidal separation 44.4m (Altitude 554.2MSL + 44.4 = 598.6m in WGS84 datum) Gerhard Dangl gerhard@dangl.at www.dangl.at/ +--------------------------------------------------------------------+