ASTEROIDAL OCCULTATION - REPORT FORM +--------------------------------+ +----------------------------------------+ | EAON | | IOTA/ES | | | | INTERNATIONAL OCCULTATION | | EUROPEAN ASTEROIDAL | | TIMING ASSOCIATION | | OCCULTATION NETWORK | | EUROPEAN SECTION | +--------------------------------+ +----------------------------------------+ 1 DATE: 31 March 2019 STAR: UCAC4-475-051755 ASTEROID: Aletheia No: 259 2 OBSERVERS: Name : Wojciech Burzynski Abrr: BZY Address : 15-345 Bialystok, Poland Name : Maciej Jarmoc Abrr: Address : 16-001 Ignatki, Poland 3 OBSERVING STATION: Nearest city : Bialystok Station : Ignatki Acc. Latitude : 53 04 07.6 N - 0.05" Longitude : 23 06 05.1 E - 0.05" Altitude : 144 MSL Datum (WGS84 preferred): WGS84 Single, OR Double or Multiple station (Specify observer's name): single 4 TIMING OF EVENTS: +----------------------------------------------+ | OCCULTATION RECORDED: POSITIVE | +----------------------------------------------+ Type of event: "S"tart observation "I"nterrupt-start "D"isappearance "B"link "F"lash "E"nd observation "J"nterrupt-end "R"eappearance "O"ther (specify) Event Time (UT) P.E. Acc. Code HH MM SS.ss S.ss S.ss S - 21:44:00.2 - - 0.1 D - 21:45:22.02 - - 0.09 R - 21:45:39.57 - - 0.06 E - 21:46:09.2 - - 0.1 Measered duration (secs) : 16.55 Measured drop (mag) : 1.30 mag (Tangra) Calculated mid-event (UT) : 21:45:30.30 Predicted max. duration (secs) : 16.7 Predicted max. drop (mag) : 1.29 Predicted mid-event (UT) : 21:45:34 Predicted error in time (secs) : 4 Was your reaction time applied to the above timings? - not relevant, VTI recording 5 TELESCOPE: Type : Newton f/5 Aperture : 300 mm Focal length: 1500 mm FOV : 11.0'x 8.5' Mount : azimuthal Motor drive: yes 6 TIMING & RECORDING: Time source : GPS VTI 1PPS by Tomasz Wezyk, Sensor : CCDTV videocamera NOVUS NVC GDN5811C-2, 1/3" SONY EXview HAD II (Millincam MCH type) Mode of recording: Digital Noise Reduction (DNR): OFF, Auto Gain Control (AGC): LOW Shutter (SENS-UP): 50 fps, no integration Recording : Laptop Dell Latitiude 3540 (Intel Core i5/RAM 8 GB/SSD 128 GB) Recording : Video Grabber Aver Media EzMaker 7, VirtualDub 2, AVI compressed by Lagarith codec Time insertion : VTI by Tomasz Wezyk (www.tomasztech.pl) 7 OBSERVING CONDITIONS: Atmospheric transparency : good Wind (km/h) : 4 Temperature (deg C / humid.) : 1 / 80 Star image stability : good Minor planet visible : yes Local conditions (degree) : star height: 36, sun height: -32, Local moon conditions (degree) : moon height: below horizon 8 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Observed star : UCAC4-475-051755 Star magnitude : 11.21 Minor planet magnitude : 12.0 Feed : IOTA, last updated 01 Feb 2019 Rank : 100 Distance (km) : inside the shadow - 4 km S from the central line Shadow width (km) : 218 Predicted probability OccultWatcher (%) : 100 Predicted combined magnitude (mag) : 10.71 Faintest star on AVI (mag) : 12.42 Evaluation with Tangra 3.6.18 and AOTA 4.6.7.0