ASTEROIDAL OCCULTATION - REPORT FORM +------------------------------+ +-------------------------------+ | EAON | | IOTA/ES | | | | INTERNATIONAL OCCULTATION | | EUROPEAN ASTEROIDAL | | TIMING ASSOCIATION | | OCCULTATION NETWORK | | EUROPEAN SECTION | +------------------------------+ +-------------------------------+ 1 DATE: 2020 June 22, 23:08 (UTC) STAR: UCAC4 561-089839 mv: 11.5 mag ASTEROID: (2) Pallas mv: 9.6 mag (diam. 545 km) combined magnitude: mv: 9.4 mag delta-magnitude: mv: 0.2 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 INSIDE of predicted shadow path, 56 km S of C.L.) Probability: 100 percent Single station: Andreas SCHWEIZER and Stefan MEISTER +----------------------------------+ 4 TIMING OF EVENT: | | | OCCULTATION RECORDED: POSITIVE | | | +----------------------------------+ 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 23 07 54.372 +/- 0.001 s : Start observation (UTC) D 23 08 37.030 +/- 0.600 s : Disappearance (UTC) R 23 09 13.240 +/- 0.550 s : Reappearance (UTC) E 23 10 12.603 +/- 0.001 s : End observation (UTC) Duration: 36.210 +/- 0.575 s : (predicted: max. 41.8s) P 23 08 58 +/- 2 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 1m 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 +16dB, Dark subtracted, Format ADV 16 Bit with ROIs Time insertion: - within camera, visual and digital GPS timestamp - Backup with NTP synced PC timestamp 7 OBSERVING CONDITIONS: Atmospheric transp.: good Moon: 3 percent in 134 deg distance Wind: no Star image stability: fair Altitude of star: 58 deg Azimut of star: 134 deg in Vulpecula 8 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Feed: IOTA Video recording software: DvtiCamControl v4.9.10 Light measurement tool: Tangra 3.7 Analysis tool: AOTA 4.9.5.3 Remarks: - Published by e-mail to planoccult@ls.vvs.be (Planoccult mailing list)