+--------------------------------+ +--------------------------------+ ASTERIODAL OCCULTATION - REPORT FORM +--------------------------------+ +--------------------------------+ EAON & IOTA-ES EUROPEAN ASTEROIDAL OCCULTATION NETWORK INTERNATIONAL OCCULTATION TIMING ASSOCIATION EUROPEAN SECTION +--------------------------------+ +--------------------------------+ 1. DATE: 31 Mar 2014 STAR: 2UCAC 37717864 ASTEROID: (442) Eichsfeldia 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 : 22:15:46 -D : 22:30:28.30 ± 0.03 -R : 22:30:43.62 ± 0.02 -E : 22:36:33 Duration: 15.31s ± 0.04s 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: KIWI-OSD with GPS Garmin 18 LVC Sensor/Camera: Videocamera WAT-910HX, CCIR, 1/2", ICX429ALL sensor Videocamera settings: Shutter=x4; Gamma=1.00 Device of recording: Personal computer, Imaging Source DFG/SV1 PCI, S-video, Virtualdub software, saved on Harddisk, Lagarith Mode of recording: Integration time=0.080s, CCIR Time insertion device: KIWI-OSD 7. OBSERVING CONDITIONS Atmospheric transparency: fair Wind: none Star image stability: good Minor Planet Visible: no 8. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS -Tangra software was used to produce the lightcurve. -Occular Ver. 4.02 was used to evaluate the D and R times. -A correction of -0.06s was performed because of the use of an integration camera. -From the lightcurve it seems that the Disappearance was a bit slower than the Reappearance. -A lightcurve can be seen here: http://sposetti.ch/images/stories/Minor_planets/2014_Mar_31_Eichsfeldia_sposetti.png