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 18, 21:10 (UTC)

  STAR:                  UCAC4 672-021429      mv: 11.9 mag
  ASTEROID:              (34726) 2001 QA25     mv: 17.9 mag  (diam. 18.1 km)
                         delta-magnitude:      mv:  6.0 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, 134 km SW to C.L.)
                         Probability: 2%

  Single station:        Stefan MEISTER and 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 10 21.878    +/-  0.001 s  : Start observation (UTC)
   D     -               +/-  -        : Disappearance     (UTC)
   R     -               +/-  -        : Reappearance      (UTC)
   E     21 11 21.875    +/-  0.001 s  : End observation   (UTC)

   Duration:        -    +/-  -        : (predicted: max. 1.0s)
   
   P     21 10 52        +/-  4.00  s  : Predicted time    (UTC)

        
5 TELESCOPE: 
  Type:                  Ritchey-Chrétien Reflector (Officina Stellare Pro RC 360)
  Aperture:              360 mm, f/8, 20% obstruction
  Focal length:          2880 mm
  Magnification:         focal (resulting field of view: 13.5' in x-axis)
  Mount:                 equatorial (10micron GM4000 QCI)
  Motor drive:           yes

6 TIMING & RECORDING:
  Time source:           GPS
  Quality of signal:     Accurancy 4m
  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 200ms (5 fps), Gain +24dB, Format SER 16 Bit
                         no Dark Frame substracted, correction algorithm "Fixed pattern noise
                         reduction" applied
  Time insertion:        - within Camera, visual and digital GPS timestamp (highly accurate)
                         - Backup with NTP synced PC timestamp (not accurate, just used for comparison purposes)
  
7 OBSERVING CONDITIONS:
  Atmospheric transp.:   poor (clouds passing by)
  Moon:                  21% @ 141° distance
  Wind:                  yes
  Star image stability:  poor
  Altitude of star:      51°
  Azimut of star:        287° in Perseus

8 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:    
  Feed:                      ITALOccult
  Video recording software:  DvtiCamControl v4.8.4
  Light measurement tool:    Tangra v3.6.23
  Remarks:                   -
  
  
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