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:                  2022 Dec 11, 18:52 (UTC)

  STAR:                  UCAC4 676-037147      mv: 13.9 mag
  ASTEROID:              (624) Hektor          mv: 14.6 mag  (diam. 225.0 km)
                         combined magnitude:   mv: 13.4 mag
                         delta-magnitude:      mv:  1.2 mag

2 OBSERVER:
  Name:                  Stefan Meister
  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 10.6 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     18 51 51.516    +/-  0.001 s  : Start observation (UTC)
   D     18 52 29.790    +/-  0.070 s  : Disappearance     (UTC)
   R     18 52 41.290    +/-  0.170 s  : Reappearance      (UTC)
   E     18 53 21.606    +/-  0.001 s  : End observation   (UTC)

   Duration:   11.500    +/-  0.170 s  : (predicted: max. 13.1 s)
   M     18 52 35.540    +/-  0.170 s  : Mid-event         (UTC)       
   P     18 52 36.206    +/-  4.022 s  : Predicted time    (UTC)

  SN at event locations
   D: 2.9
   R: 3.2
   Ave: 3.1

  Applied confidence level
   D: 90%
   R: 90%


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 3 m
  Camera/Sensor:         Digital Camera with integrated GPS-VTI (DVTI CAM, serial #13)
                         Image Sensor Sony IMX430LLJ-C (1.1" 1624x1240 4.5um CIS)
                         Website of the project: https://groups.io/g/d-vti-cam/
  Settings:              812x620, Exposure time 100 ms, Gain +30 dB D, 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:                  88 percent lit, distance 38 deg
  Wind:                  no
  Star image stability:  good
  Altitude of star:      43 deg
  Azimut of star:        65 deg in Auriga

8 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
  Feed:                      Lucky Star Events
  Video recording software:  DVTI Cam Control v5.3.1-0
  Light measurement tool:    PyMovie v3.6.6 and AOTA v4.2022.12.12
  Remarks: -

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