ASTEROIDAL OCCULTATION - REPORT FORM +------------------------------+ +-------------------------------+ | EAON | | IOTA/ES | | | | INTERNATIONAL OCCULTATION | | EUROPEAN ASTEROIDAL | | TIMING ASSOCIATION | | OCCULTATION NETWORK | | EUROPEAN SECTION | +------------------------------+ +-------------------------------+ 1 DATE: 2020 Feb 18, 20:07 (UTC) STAR: UCAC4 461-040864 mv: 13.3 mag ASTEROID: (4725) Milone mv: 15.7 mag (diam. 10.0 km) combined magnitude: mv: 12.8 mag delta-magnitude: mv: 2.5 mag 2 OBSERVER: Name: Andreas SCHWEIZER and Stefan MEISTER 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: no (located OUTSIDE of predicted shadow path, 16km NE of C.L.) Probability: 9 percent Single station: Andreas SCHWEIZER and Stefan MEISTER +----------------------------------+ 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 20 07 00.965 +/- 0.001 s : Start observation (UTC) D - +/- - : Disappearance (UTC) R - +/- - : Reappearance (UTC) E 20 08 31.049 +/- 0.001 s : End observation (UTC) Duration: - +/- - : (predicted: max. 1.1s) P 20 07 45 +/- 5 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: Accuracy 3m Camera/Sensor: Digital Camera with integrated GPS-VTI (Prototype v2b, #7) IMX174LLJ, Pixel size 5.86my, QE ~77% @ 530nm Website of the project: https://groups.io/g/d-vti-cam/ Settings: 960x600, 2x2 Binning, Exposure time 100ms (10 fps), Gain +24dB, Format ADV 16 Bit 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: below horizon Wind: yes Star image stability: fair Altitude of star: 40 deg Azimut of star: 149 deg in Canis Minor 8 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Feed: ItalOccult Video recording software: DvtiCamControl v4.8.4 Light measurement tool: Tangra v3.6.23 Remarks: Published by e-mail to planoccult@ls.vvs.be (Planoccult mailing list)