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 Apr 16, 23:05 (UTC)

  STAR:                  UCAC4 558-036793      mv: 13.4 mag
  ASTEROID:              (103) Hera            mv: 13.3 mag  (diam. 86.0 km)
                         combined magnitude:   mv: 12.6 mag
                         delta-magnitude:      mv:  0.7 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 3.7 km from C.L.)
                         Probability: 100.0 percent


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4 TIMING OF EVENT:       |                                  |
                         |  OCCULTATION RECORDED: POSITIVE  |
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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     23 05 06.564    +/-  0.001 s  : Start observation (UTC)
   D     23 05 35.401    +/-   *    s  : Disappearance     (UTC)
   R     23 05 40.442    +/-   *    s  : Reappearance      (UTC)
   E     23 06 06.656    +/-  0.001 s  : End observation   (UTC)

   Duration:    5.041    +/-   *    s  : (predicted: max. 3.8 s)
   M     23 05 37.921    +/-   *    s  : Mid-event         (UTC)      
   P     23 05 36.911    +/-  1.149 s  : Predicted time    (UTC)


* Accurancy with confidence intervals from PyOTE:

nominal magDrop: 0.48
snr: 0.99

D time: [23:05:35.4010]
D: 0.6800 confidence intervals:  {+/- 0.2631} seconds
D: 0.9500 confidence intervals:  {+/- 0.7824} seconds
D: 0.9973 confidence intervals:  {+/- 1.7792} seconds

R time: [23:05:40.4420]
R: 0.6800 confidence intervals:  {+/- 0.2631} seconds
R: 0.9500 confidence intervals:  {+/- 0.7824} seconds
R: 0.9973 confidence intervals:  {+/- 1.7792} seconds

Duration (R - D): 5.0410 seconds
Duration: 0.6800 confidence intervals:  {+/- 0.3210} seconds
Duration: 0.9500 confidence intervals:  {+/- 0.8958} seconds
Duration: 0.9973 confidence intervals:  {+/- 1.8884} seconds


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 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:              960x600, Exposure time 200 ms, Gain +20 dB, Binning 2x2, Format ADV 16-bit
                         without Dark Frame, but correction algorithm "Fixed pattern noise red." applied
  Time insertion:        Digital GNSS timestamp into image sensor data stream

7 OBSERVING CONDITIONS:
  Atmospheric transp.:   fair
  Moon:                  below horizon
  Wind:                  no
  Star image stability:  poor
  Altitude of star:      13 deg
  Azimut of star:        288 deg in Gemini

8 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
  Feed:                      IBEROC
  Video recording software:  DVTI Cam Control v4.11.5
  Light measurement tool:    PyMovie v2.9.7 and PYOTE v3.7.4
  Remarks:

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