ASTEROIDAL OCCULTATION - REPORT FORM +------------------------------+ +-------------------------------+ | EAON | | IOTA/ES | | | | INTERNATIONAL OCCULTATION | | EUROPEAN ASTEROIDAL | | TIMING ASSOCIATION | | OCCULTATION NETWORK | | EUROPEAN SECTION | +------------------------------+ +-------------------------------+ 1 DATE: 2020 Jan 12, 00:31 (UTC) STAR: UCAC4 579-042139 mv: 11.3 mag ASTEROID: (13814) 1998 YG3 mv: 17.5 mag (diam. 9.3 km) delta-magnitude: mv: 6.2 mag 2 OBSERVER: Name: Stefan MEISTER and Andreas SCHWEIZER E-mail: meister@dolphins.ch Address: Sandgruebstr. 9, CH-8193 Eglisau, Switzerland 3 OBSERVING STATION: Nearest city: Buelach, Switzerland Station: Observatory Buelach (MPC Observatory Code: 167) http://www.sternwartebuelach.ch/ Latitude: N 47 31 10.4 (WGS84) Longitude: E 08 34 14.3 (WGS84) Altitude: 550 m (MSL) (WGS84) Predicted observation: yes (located OUTSIDE of predicted shadow path, 6 km S to C.L.) Probability: 7% Single station: Stefan MEISTER and Andreas SCHWEIZER +----------------------------------+ 4 TIMING OF EVENT: | | | OCCULTATION RECORDED: NEGATIVE | | | +----------------------------------+ 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 00 30 47.803 +/- 0.001 s : Start observation (UTC) D - +/- - : Disappearance (UTC) R - +/- - : Reappearance (UTC) E 00 32 15.288 +/- 0.001 s : End observation (UTC) Duration: - +/- - : (predicted: max. 0.7s) P 00 31 39 +/- 3.00 s : Predicted time (UTC) 5 TELESCOPE: Type: Newton Reflector f/5 Aperture: 500 mm Focal length: 2500 mm Magnification: focal (resulting field of view: 15.5' in x-axis) Mount: equatorial Motor drive: yes 6 TIMING & RECORDING: Time source: GPS Quality of signal: Accurancy 1m Camera/Sensor: Digital Camera with integrated GPS-VTI (Prototype v2b, #8) IMX174LLJ, Pixel size 5.86my, QE ~77% @ 530nm Website of the project: https://groups.io/g/d-vti-cam/ Settings: 960x600, 2x Binning, Exposure time 100ms (10 fps), Gain +10dB, Format SER 16 Bit no Dark Frame substracted, new correction algorithm "Fixed pattern noise reduction" applied Time insertion: within Camera, visual and digital timestamp 7 OBSERVING CONDITIONS: Atmospheric transp.: good Moon: 98% @ 5° distance Wind: no Star image stability: good Altitude of star: 68° Azimut of star: 177° in Cancer 8 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Feed: ITALOccult Video recording software: DvtiCamControl v4.7 Light measurement tool: Tangra v3.6.19 Remarks: The secondary mirror was partly steamed up Published by e-mail to planoccult@ls.vvs.be (Planoccult mailing list)