ASTEROIDAL OCCULTATION - REPORT FORM

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  |            EAON                |  |                IOTA/ES                 |
  |                                |  |        INTERNATIONAL OCCULTATION       |
  |     EUROPEAN ASTEROIDAL        |  |           TIMING ASSOCIATION           |
  |     OCCULTATION NETWORK        |  |            EUROPEAN SECTION            |
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 1 DATE: 2 March 2021                               STAR: TYC 1224-00140-1

  ASTEROID: Venusia                                 No: 499

 2 OBSERVER : 
  Name      : Anna Marciniak                         Abrr: 
  Address   : Astronomical Observatory Institute, A. Mickiewicz University, Sloneczna 36, Poznan, Poland

 3 OBSERVING STATION: 
  Nearest city : Poznan
  Station      : Borowiec          IAU obs code: 187
  Latitude     : 52 16 36.8 N   
  Longitude    : 17 04 30.8 E   
  Altitude     : 123 MSL

  Datum (WGS84 preferred): WGS84

  Single, OR Double or Multiple station (Specify observer's name): single

 4 TIMING OF EVENTS:  
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  |       OCCULTATION RECORDED: POSITIVE         |
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  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  - 20:20:13.0   -    - 1.0
  D  - 20:23:38.7   -    - 1.3
  R  - 20:23:42.0   -    - 1.2
  E  - 20:25:12.0   -    - 1.0 
 
                         Duration :   3.3 s +/- 1.8s 
                         Mid-event : 20:23:40.4s +/- 1.3s 
  
  Predicted max. duration (secs) :  2.7 
  Predicted max. drop (mag)      :  4.1
  Predicted mid-event (UT)       : 20:23:40
  Predicted error in time (secs) :  2
  Probability			 : 61.7 %

  Was your reaction time applied to the above timings? - not relevant, CCD imaging.
  
 5 TELESCOPE: 
  Type        : Newton  f/4.5                          Aperture   : 400 mm
  Focal length: 1800 mm                                FOV        : 3.0'x 2.0'
  Mount       : paralactic                             Motor drive: yes

 6 TIMING & RECORDING:
  Time source      : local ntp server vega.cbk.poznan.pl (NTP++)
  Sensor           : SBIG ST7 CCD camera with KODAK KAF400 sensor
  Mode of recording: Resolution: Medium, Image size: Quarter
  Shutter (SENS-UP): Mechanical
  Recording        : Personal Computer
  Recording        : CCDOps software
  Time insertion   : none

 7 OBSERVING CONDITIONS: 
  Atmospheric transparency          : good 
  Wind  (km/h)                      : 4
  Temperature (deg C / humid.)      : +2 deg C / humidity 97 %
  Star image stability              : moderate 
  Minor planet visible              : no
  Local conditions (degree)         : star height: 21, Sun height: -34, 
  Local moon conditions (degree)    : Moon height: below horizon

 8 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
  Star magnitude                          : 11.4
  Minor planet magnitude                  : 15.5
  Feed                                    : IOTA
  Distance (km)                           : 2 km
  Faintest star on CCD (mag)              : 11.4
  Exposure time				  : 0.15 s 
  Readout time				  : 1.15 s

  Much smaller mag drop than expected.