+--------------------------------+ +--------------------------------+ ASTERIODAL OCCULTATION - REPORT FORM +--------------------------------+ +--------------------------------+ EAON & IOTA-ES EUROPEAN ASTEROIDAL OCCULTATION NETWORK INTERNATIONAL OCCULTATION TIMING ASSOCIATION EUROPEAN SECTION +--------------------------------+ +--------------------------------+ 1. DATE: 08 Oct 2017 STAR: TYC 5632-00827-1 ASTEROID: (173) Ino 2. OBSERVER Name: Stefano SPOSETTI Address: 6525 GNOSCA - Switzerland Email: stefanosposetti@ticino.com 3. OBSERVING STATION Nearest city: CH-6600 Locarno Longitude: 8 d 47.2554 m (E) Latitude: 46 d 10.3364 m (N) Altitude: 368 m (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: - Event Time (UTC) Accuracy + Comments code: HH:MM:SS.ss S.sss -S : 18:21:36 -D : 18:27:22.09 ± 0.02 s -R : 18:27:26.45 ± 0.02 s -E : 18:31:10 Duration: 4.36 s ± 0.04 s 5. TELESCOPE Type: Schmidt-Cassegrain, Celestron 8-inch Aperture: 200mm Focal length: 800mm (with focal reducer) Magnification: - Mount: Equatorial Motor drive: Yes 6. TIMING & RECORDING -Sensor/Camera: Videocamera WAT-910HX-RC, CCIR, 1/2", ICX429ALL sensor -Videocamera settings: Shutter = x2; Gain = 41/41; Gamma = 1.00 -Device of recording: Imaging Source DFG/USB2-lt, Composite input, Virtualdub software, AVI file uncompressed -Time insertion device: IOTA-VTI, v.1.1.42 -Integration time: 0.040 s 7. OBSERVING CONDITIONS -Atmospheric transparency: good -Wind: no -Star image stability: fair/poor -Minor Planet Visible: - 8. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS -Target position at: azimut = 234 deg; elevation = 16 deg -Moonlight: no Accordingly to Occultwatcher prediction (IOTA feed): -Rank: 100 -Probability: 100 % -Combined magnitude: 11.0 mag -Asteroid magnitude: 13.6 mag -Lightdrop: 2.6 mag -Max duration: 4.6 s -Event time: 18:27:26 UT -Error in time: 1 s -Moon distance: - -Moon illumination: - -Tangra v. 3.6 was used to generate the lightcurve (aperture photometry, average background). -A correction of -0.040 s was applied because of the use of an integration camera. -A lightcurve can be seen here: http://sposetti.ch/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2017Oct08_Ino.png