+--------------------------------+ +--------------------------------+ ASTERIODAL OCCULTATION - REPORT FORM +--------------------------------+ +--------------------------------+ EAON & IOTA-ES EUROPEAN ASTEROIDAL OCCULTATION NETWORK INTERNATIONAL OCCULTATION TIMING ASSOCIATION EUROPEAN SECTION +--------------------------------+ +--------------------------------+ 1. DATE: 06 Feb 2014 STAR: TYC 2406-00962-1 ASTEROID: (120) Lachesis 2. OBSERVER Name: Stefano SPOSETTI Address: 6525 GNOSCA - Switzerland Email: stefanosposetti@ticino.com 3. OBSERVING STATION Nearest city: CH-6500 Bellinzona Longitude: 9d 1m 26.5s (E) Latitude: 46d 13m 53.2s (N) Altitude: 260m (WGS84) 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; "I"nterrupt-end; "R"eappearance; "O"ther (specify) Personal Equation Substracted: No Event Time (UTC) Accuracy + Comments code: HH:MM:SS.ss S.ss -S : 00:51:32 -D : 01:01:19.44 ± 0.04 -R : 01:01:37.78 ± 0.04 -E : 01:06:12 Duration: 18.34 s ± 0.08 s 5. TELESCOPE Type: Schmidt-Cassegrain, Celestron 11-inch Aperture: 280mm Focal length: 850mm (with focal reducer) Magnification: FOV about 27x21arcmin Mount: Equatorial Motor drive: Yes 6. TIMING & RECORDING Timekeeping: GPS 1PPS (US Global Sat EM-406A) Sensor/Camera: Videocamera WAT-910HX, CCIR, 1/2", ICX429ALL sensor Videocamera settings: Shutter=x4; Gain=39dB; Gamma=1.00 Device of recording: Personal computer, Imaging Source DFG/SV1 PCI, S-video, Virtualdub software, saved on Harddisk Mode of recording: Integration time=0.080s, CCIR, Huffyuv Time insertion device: IOTA-VTI, v.1.1.42 7. OBSERVING CONDITIONS Atmospheric transparency: good Wind: no Star image stability: good Minor Planet Visible: yes 8. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS Tangra v.1.4.0.499 was used to extract the signal minus background. Because of the use of an integrating camera a correction of -0.060s was applied. Occular v.4.00 was used to calculate the D and R times. According Occular a measured lightdrop of 2.35mag, instead of the predicted 1.78mag, was observed. A lightcurve is posted here: http://www.sposetti.ch/images/stories/Minor_planets/2014_Feb_6_Lachesis.png