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OCCULTATION OF UCAC2 19965938 BY 338 Budrosa
2010 April 21


A 14.3 second occultation was recorded by Brian Loader, using video OSD technique.

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Observers:
  1    B Loader,Darfield,NZ
  2(P) Prediction, TT14

    

Budrosa occultation - 2010 April 21

Discussion:

The circle above is plotted at the expected 74 km diameter of Budrosa. With only one chord it is not possible to determine whether Brian was north or south of the central line of the event.

The figure below shows the Limovie light curve of the occultation.

Budrosa occultation - 2010 April 21

Observational Data:

Observation details for MP (338) Budrosa
By Star              UCAC2 19965938
On 2010-04-21  at 16:19:03.0

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Observer   B. Loader
Location   Darfield,NZ
Longitude  +172:06:24.4
Latitude   -43:28:52.9
Altitude   210 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   25 cm
Seeing     Slight flickering Clear
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis
Disappearance  16:18:13.80
Reappearance   16:18:28.10
Comments: Watec camera at 32x integration.
The time of the prediction was ±50 seconds.
The observed event was about 42 seconds early.
Observed magnitude change estimated at 0.58±0.17, predicted 0.5
Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.4

    

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