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:                  2020 Feb 08, 21:22 (UTC)

  STAR:                  UCAC4 453-044916      mv: 12.6 mag
  ASTEROID:              A/2020 A1             mv: 20.6 mag
                         delta-magnitude:      mv:  8.0 mag

2 OBSERVER: 
  Name:                  Andreas SCHWEIZER
  E-mail:                aschweiz@mac.com
  Address:               Strumbergaecherstr. 3A, 8907 Wettswil, 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, 1460km SW to C.L.)
                         Probability: 0.2 percent

  Single station:        Andreas SCHWEIZER

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4 TIMING OF EVENT:       |                                  |
                         |  OCCULTATION RECORDED: NEGATIVE  |
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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     21 21 29.808    +/-  0.001 s  : Start observation (UTC)
   D     -               +/-  -        : Disappearance     (UTC)
   R     -               +/-  -        : Reappearance      (UTC)
   E     21 24 30.347    +/-  0.001 s  : End observation   (UTC)

   Duration:        -    +/-  -        : (predicted: max. 0.2s)
   
   P     21 22 58        +/- 36.00  s  : Predicted time    (UTC)

        
5 TELESCOPE: 
  Type:                  Newton Reflector f/5
  Aperture:              500 mm
  Focal length:          2500 mm
  Magnification:         focal (resulting field of view: 6.6' in x-axis)
  Mount:                 equatorial
  Motor drive:           yes

6 TIMING & RECORDING:
  Time source:           GPS
  Quality of signal:     Accuracy 2m
  Camera/Sensor:         Digital Camera with integrated GPS-VTI (Prototype)
                         AR0130CSSM, Pixel size 3.75my, QE 77 percent
                         Website of the project: https://groups.io/g/d-vti-cam/
  Settings:              640x480, 2x Binning, Exposure time 50ms (20 fps), Gain 10, Output format SER 16-bit
  Time insertion:        within Camera, visual timestamp
  
7 OBSERVING CONDITIONS:
  Atmospheric transp.:   fair
  Moon:                  100 percent, distance 22 deg
  Wind:                  yes, a little bit
  Star image stability:  fair
  Altitude of star:      40 deg
  Azimut of star:        154 deg in Hydra

8 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:    
  Feed:                      CometOcc
  Video recording software:  DvtiCamControl v4.7.2
  Light measurement tool:    Tangra v3.6.20
  Remarks:                   -
  
  
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