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:                  2015 March 12 01:07:59  (UTC)

  STAR:                  HIP 54599               Mv:  8.1 mag
  ASTEROID:              (216) Kleopatra	 Mv: 11.9 mag  (diam. 122 km)

2 OBSERVER: 
  Name:                  Jonas SCHENKER / Abbr: Schenker J Observatory
  E-mail:                jonas.schenker@sunrise.ch
  Address:               Ruetiweg 6, CH-5036 Oberentfelden, Switzerland

3 OBSERVING STATION: 
  Nearest city:          5000 Aarau, Switzerland
  Station:               Sternwarte Schafmatt (IAU Observatory Code: B77)
  Latitude:              N 47° 25' 12.88" (WGS84)
  Longitude:             E 07° 57' 02.95" (WGS84)
  Altitude:              820 m (MSL)      (WGS84)

  Predicted observation: yes (-51.1 km (south-west) of center line)
  Probability:           87.0%
  
  Single station:        Jonas SCHENKER

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4 TIMING OF EVENT:       |                                  |
                         |  OCCULTATION RECORDED: POSITIVE  |
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  Type of event:
    S = Start observation   I = Interrupt-start   D = Disappearance
    B = Blink               F = Flash             E = End observation
    I = Interrupt-end       R = Reappearance      
    M = Mid-event           P = Predicted time

  Event  Time (UTC)      Acc.      Comments
  Code   HH MM SS.sss    S.sss
  
    S    01 06 35.857    0.020 s : Start observation (UTC)
    D    01 08 04.316    0.020 s : Disappearance     (UTC)      
    R    01 08 08.756    0.020 s : Reappearance      (UTC)     
    E    01 09 31.415    0.020 s : End observation   (UTC)

    Duration:            4.440 s   (predicted: max. 8.0 s) 

    M    01 08 06.536 	 0.020 s : Mid-event         (UTC)
    P    01 07 59.000	 2.000 s : Predicted time    (UTC)
        
5 TELESCOPE: 
  Type:                  Refractor Astro Physics Starfire
  Aperture:              155 mm      
  Focal length:          1085 mm (f/7)
  Magnification:         focal (resulting field of view: 20.5' x 15.3')
  Mount:                 equatorial
  Motor drive:           yes

6 TIMING & RECORDING:
  Time source:           GPS Garmin 18xLVC-5m
  Sensor:                1/2" Watec 910HX-RC (CCIR) (6.47 x 4.83 mm)
                         752 x 582 px (8.6 x 8.3 my) 
  Frame Grabber:         Hauppauge Analog Video Digitizer USB-Live 2
  Time  insertion:       Video Time Inserter AME TIM-10 with GPS
                         Video frame time: Vt

7 OBSERVING CONDITIONS:
  Atmospheric transp.:   fair (29° above horizon)
  Wind:                  4.0  m/s
  Temperature:           +01  °C
  Relative humidity:      68  %
  Star image stability:  fair (29° above horizon)
  Minor planet visible:  yes  (Mv: 11.9 mag)

8 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:    
  Shutter mode:                 1/50  s
     Integration time (It) =    0.020 s
     Correction time  (Ct) =   -0.020 s (evaluation in frames)
     Tolerance value       = +/-0.020 s (evaluation in frames)
     Reported event time   =    Vt + Ct (correction time applied) 
  Video editing software:  VirtualDub
  Light measurement tool:  Limovie

9 CREDITS:
  Sepp Kaeser for helpful assistance.