ASTEROIDAL OCCULTATION - REPORT FORM +------------------------------+ +------------------------------+ | EAON | | IOTA/ES | | | | INTERNATIONAL OCCULTATION | | EUROPEAN ASTEROIDAL | | TIMING ASSOCIATION | | OCCULTATION NETWORK | | EUROPEAN SECTION | +------------------------------+ +------------------------------+ 1 DATE: 2022/08/30 STAR: UCAC4 654-034537 ASTEROID: (624) Hektor 2 OBSERVER: Name: Daniel BLAZEWICZ Address: 32-015 Klaj, POLAND 3 OBSERVING STATION: Klaj Nearest city: Niepolomice (Poland) Longitude: E 20 19 04.2 (WGS84) Latitude: N 49 59 33.2 (WGS84) Altitude: 211 m (MSL) Single station +----------------------------+ 4 TIMING OF EVENTS: | | | EVENT REPORTED: POSITIVE | | | +----------------------------+ Event code S: observation Start I: Interruption start D: Disappearance J: Interruption end R: Reappearance B: Blink F: Flash E: observation End O: Other (specify) Abbreviations P.E.: Personal Equation = reaction time (for visual obs) Acc.: Accuracy (overall accuracy of the given time) Comments Event Time (UT) P.E. Acc. Code HH:MM:SS.ss S.ss S.ss S - 01:46:16 - - : D - 01:54:19.096 - - 0.010 : R - 01:54:22.785 - - 0.011 : E - 01:59:32 - - : Duration : 3.689 +/- 0.015 s Mid-event : 01:54:20.940 +/- 0.008 s 5 TELESCOPE: Type: NEWTON Aperture: 350 mm Magnification: prime focus f/4.8 Mount: EQUATORIAL with polar wedge Motor drive: YES 6 TIMING & RECORDING: Time source: "chrony", 4 x NTP Stratum 1, Linux Ubuntu, 1 sigma < 1 ms Sensor: ZWO ASI174MM-C Recording: ZWO ASICAP V2.3 Exposure: 25 ms 7 OBSERVING CONDITIONS: Atmospheric transparency: good Wind: moderate Temperature: 13 deg C Star image stability: good Minor planet visible: no 8 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Analyzed using Tangra v3.7.4 and AOTA v4.2022.8.18 S/N of occulted star: 8.1 - 8.8 (AOTA) Camera temperature: 0 deg C Observed magnitude drop: 1.5 mag (AOTA) Applied approximate recording delay: 4 ms (based on the report for similar hardware configuration and the same both USB setting and ROI, and similar exposure, published by Pierre Le Cam on http://www.nocturno.fr/ost/ost.html) LuckyStar feed (2022/07/23): Event time: 01:54:22 UT Error in time: 3 s Max duration: 9.7 s Star magnitude: 11.3 mag Asteroid magnitude: 15.4 mag Combined magnitude: 11.3 mag Magnitude drop: 4.1 mag Position: In the shadow, 106 km from the central line Probability: 93.8 % Probable double star (occultation of one component). 1.2 observed mag drop instead of 4.1 predicted. Very high Gaia RUWE supports this claim.