ASTEROIDAL OCCULTATION - REPORT FORM +------------------------------+ +-------------------------------+ | EAON | | IOTA/ES | | | | INTERNATIONAL OCCULTATION | | EUROPEAN ASTEROIDAL | | TIMING ASSOCIATION | | OCCULTATION NETWORK | | EUROPEAN SECTION | +------------------------------+ +-------------------------------+ 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: Andreas SCHWEIZER E-mail: aschweiz@mac.com Address: Strumbergächerstr. 3A, 8907 Wettswil, Switzerland 3 OBSERVING STATION: Nearest city: Zürich Station: Andreas SCHWEIZER Latitude: N47 20' 30.800" (WGS84) Longitude: E08 28' 22.800" (WGS84) Altitude: 580 m (MSL) (WGS84) Predicted observation: yes (Distance 3.3 km from C.L.) Probability: 100.0 percent Single station: yes +----------------------------------+ 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 18 50 36.643 +/- 0.001 s : Start observation (UTC) D 18 52 31.100 +/- 0.300 s : Disappearance (UTC) R 18 52 42.400 +/- 0.500 s : Reappearance (UTC) E 18 54 37.636 +/- 0.001 s : End observation (UTC) Duration: 11.300 +/- 0.600 s : (predicted: max. 13.1 s) P 18 52 37.163 +/- 4.022 s : Predicted time (UTC) 5 TELESCOPE: Type: Reflector 107mm Aperture: 107 mm Focal length: 600 mm Magnification: focal Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6 R Motor drive: equatorial 6 TIMING & RECORDING: Time source: GPS Quality of signal: Accuracy 3 m Camera/Sensor: Digital Camera with integrated GPS-VTI (DVTI+CAM, serial #17) 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 500 ms, Gain +36 dB D, Binning 2x2, Format ADV 16-bit Time insertion: Digital GNSS timestamp into image sensor data stream 7 OBSERVING CONDITIONS: Atmospheric transp.: very good Moon: 88 percent lit, distance 38 deg Wind: no Star image stability: very 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 v5.5.1-4 Light measurement tool: AOTA v4.2022.12.13 Remarks: This report was updated on 15.12.2022 after review by Eric Frappa. Published by e-mail to planoccult@ls.vvs.be (Planoccult mailing list)