+--------------------------------+ +--------------------------------+ ASTERIODAL OCCULTATION - REPORT FORM +--------------------------------+ +--------------------------------+ EAON & IOTA-ES EUROPEAN ASTEROIDAL OCCULTATION NETWORK INTERNATIONAL OCCULTATION TIMING ASSOCIATION EUROPEAN SECTION +--------------------------------+ +--------------------------------+ 1.DATE: 2016/07/19 STAR: UCAC4 345-180315 ASTEROID: (134340) Pluto 2.OBSERVER: Name: Gerhard Dangl Phone: ++43-(0)2842-53908 Address: AUSTRIA, A-3830, Nonndorf 12 E-mail: gerhard@dangl.at 3.OBSERVING STATION: MPC station Nonndorf - C47 Nearest city: Waidhofen an der Thaya Latitude: N 48 47 13.6 (WGS84) Longitude: E 15 14 08.2 (WGS84) Altitude: 547m (MSL) 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: 20:43:04 D: 20:52:06.5 +/-4.0s R: 20:53:35.9 +/-4.0s Duration 89.4s +/-8.0s Mid time 20:52:51.2 +/-4.0s E: 21:03:40 5.TELESCOPE: Type: Newton Focal length: 1200mm Aperture: 254 mm Magnification: CCD @263K/primary focus/FOV 25.7'x19.2' (1391 x 1039, 1.11"x1.11" per pixel) Mount: Equatorial, EQ8 Motor drive: Yes 6.TIMING & RECORDING: Timekeeping: Notebook clock synchronized via cabel Internet and Dimension 4 Sensor/Camera: Atik 314L+ B/W, CCD, 2/3" Sony CCD-Sensor ICX285AL Mode of recording: It=5s + 1.9s download (0.145 Img/s), FITS, 16-bit, bin 1x1, Device of recording: Notebook USB3.0 with SSD and OS W7/64P Time insertion: FITS header, time stamp within 50ms of UTC 7.OBSERVING CONDITIONS: Atmospheric transparency: bad (moving clouds) Wind: no Star image stability: fair Minor planet visible: yes, but not separated Temperature: 287 Kelvin (+14 deg Celsius) 8.ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Target star UCAC4 345-180315, +14.2mag, 17deg Elevation. Baader Multi Purpose Coma Corrector MPCC for Newtons was used. Because of moving clouds many data points of the recording are unuseable. And many other data points are affected so that the beginn and end of the light curve is always steep and between only two data points. Evaluation accomplished with Astrometrica 4.9.3.423 and Tangra 3.5.9 Event data details according to the predictions from RIO-TNO team. Predicted event time was 20:52:35 UTC (+/- 25s) for my observing position. Predicted maximum duration was 104.1 seconds with a 1.1mag drop. Position was 1702km from predicted central line in NNW direction between center line and path edge with a probability of 60.9%. Occultation event detected with duration 89.4s +/-8.0s (It=5.0s). Gerhard Dangl gerhard@dangl.at www.dangl.at/ +--------------------------------------------------------------------+