+--------------------------------+ +--------------------------------+ ASTERIODAL OCCULTATION - REPORT FORM +--------------------------------+ +--------------------------------+ EAON & IOTA-ES EUROPEAN ASTEROIDAL OCCULTATION NETWORK INTERNATIONAL OCCULTATION TIMING ASSOCIATION EUROPEAN SECTION +--------------------------------+ +--------------------------------+ 1.DATE: 2011/12/30 STAR: 2UCAC 36955382 ASTEROID: (409) Aspasia 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 13.6 (WGS84) Longitude: E 15 14 08.2 (WGS84) Altitude: 587m (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: 00:23:39 D: 00:25:38.72 (+/- 0.17s) R: 00:25:40.64 (+/- 0.17s) Duration 1.92s (+/- 0.34s) Mid time 00:25:39.68 (+/- 0.34s) E: 00:27:23 5.TELESCOPE: Type: Newton Focal length: 1200mm Aperture: 254 mm Magnification: video/primary focus/FOV 18.3'x13.7' (768x576, 1.43"x1.43" per pixel) Mount: Equatorial Motor drive: Yes 6.TIMING & RECORDING: Timekeeping: GPS 1PPS, GlobalSat EM-406A GPS Board + IOTA-VTI (Demo3) V1.1.43 Sensor/Camera: WAT-120N, CCIR, 1/2" Sony CCD-Sensor ICX419ALL Mode of recording: It=320ms (3.125 Img/s), Video CCIR, Y800, uncompressed AVI Device of recording: TIS DFG/USB2-lt Videograbber USB2.0 (Y800), Notebook Harddisk Time insertion: IOTA-VTI 7.OBSERVING CONDITIONS: Atmospheric transparency: bad Wind: 1-7m/s Star image stability: fair Minor planet visible: Yes Temperature: 275 Kelvin (+02 deg Celsius) 8.ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Target star 2UCAC 36955382, +13.0mag, 47deg Elevation. Only Clear glass filter (Astronomik) for CCD protection was used. Video evaluation accomplished with VirtualDub 1.10.0, Tangra v1.3.1.434 and Limovie 0.9.96.4 Because of the use of a WAT-120N in integration mode frame8 (It=320ms) a correction of -190ms was made to the video inserted times according to the correction value table on: http://www.dangl.at/ausruest/vid_tim/vid_tim1.htm#wat_120n Event data details according to the predictions from Steve Preston. Predicted event time was 00:25:39 UTC for my observing position. Predicted maximum duration was 14.2 seconds with a 0.2mag drop. Position was 65km from predicted central line in N direction between central line and path edge with a probability of 79.4%. Occultation event with a duration of 1.92s detected (It=320ms). 3-D Position and timing Garmin GPS18x LVC Receiving 06 satellites Horizontal Dilution of Precision 1.7 Geoidal separation 44.6m (Altitude 542.3MSL + 44.6 = 586.9 m in WGS84 datum) Gerhard Dangl gerhard@dangl.at www.dangl.at/ +--------------------------------------------------------------------+