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:                  2021 Feb 27, 22:07 (UTC)

  STAR:                  G084228.8+234228      mv: 11.8 mag
  ASTEROID:              (16959) 1998 QE17     mv: 16.7 mag  (diam.  8.0 km)
                         combined magnitude:   mv: 11.8 mag
                         delta-magnitude:      mv:  4.9 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:              N47 31' 10.402" (WGS84)
  Longitude:             E08 34' 14.300" (WGS84)
  Altitude:              550 m (MSL)  (WGS84)
  Single station:        yes  

  Predicted observation: yes (Distance 3.9 km from C.L.)
                         Probability: 5.6 percent


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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     22 07 03.566    +/-  0.001 s  : Start observation (UTC)
   D                     +/-        s  : Disappearance     (UTC)
   R                     +/-        s  : Reappearance      (UTC)
   E     22 08 03.650    +/-  0.001 s  : End observation   (UTC)

   Duration:        -    +/-        s  : (predicted: max. 1.0 s)

   P     22 07 33.127    +/-  7.352 s  : Predicted time    (UTC)

5 TELESCOPE: 
  Type:                  Cassegrain Reflector f/5
  Aperture:              800 mm
  Focal length:          3900 mm (incl. 0.5x Reducer)
  Magnification:         focal (resulting field of view: 10' 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 (DVTI CAM Prototype V3, serial #13)
                         Image Sensor Sony IMX174LLJ-C (1/1.2" 1920x1200 5.86um CIS)
                         Website of the project: https://groups.io/g/d-vti-cam/
  Settings:              640x400, Exposure time 50 ms, Gain +15 dB, Binning 3x3, Format FITS Sequence 16-bit
                         no Dark Frame and no ROIs, but correction algorithm "Fixed pattern noise red." 
  Time insertion:        Digital GNSS timestamp into image sensor data stream

7 OBSERVING CONDITIONS:
  Atmospheric transp.:   fair, bright moon light
  Moon:                  99 percent lit, distance 40 deg
  Wind:                  very windy
  Star image stability:  good
  Altitude of star:      66 deg
  Azimut of star:        194 deg in Cancer

8 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
  Feed:                      IBEROC
  Video recording software:  DVTI Cam Control v4.11.2
  Light measurement tool:    PyMovie v2.9.3
  Remarks:

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