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OCCULTATION OF UCAC4 281-179746 BY 10199 Chariklo
20160810


A 9 second occultation was recorded by Dave Herald, using a Newtonian Telescope and Watec 910BD camera.

Four misses were recorded for this event.

There was no updated prediction for this event.

Observers:
  1(M) J Bradshaw, Samford Valley, Queensland, Australia
  2(M) D Gault, Hawkesbury Heights, New South Wales, Australia      
  3    D Herald, Murrumbateman, New South Wales, Australia 
  4(M) S Kerr, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
  5(M) B Loader, Darfield, Canterbury, New Zealand

         



       

Chariklo occultation__ 20160810

Discussion:

The circle above is plotted at the expected diameter of Chariklo. The circle has been plotted to fit the observed chord.

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

Chariklo  occultation__ 20160810

Observational Data:

Observation details for MP ( 10199 ) Chariklo
By Star              UCAC4 281-179746
On 2016-08-10  at 14:18:56.0

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Observer   Jonathan Bradshaw
Location   Samford Valley, Qld, Australia
Longitude  +152:50
Latitude   -27:22
Altitude   80 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   36 cm
Seeing     Steady Fog 
Camera Type  Watec 910BD    NTSC/EIA      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis

Missed

Comments: Poor conditions and marginal to see the target star at all.  Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.8

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Observer   Dave Gault
Location   Hawkesbury Heights, NSW, AU
Longitude  +150:38
Latitude   -33:39
Altitude   286 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   30 cm
Seeing     Strong flickering Clear 
Camera Type  Watec 910BD    PAL/CCIR      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis

Missed

Comments:    

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Observer   Dave Herald
Location   Murrumbateman
Longitude  +148:59
Latitude   -34:57
Altitude   594 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope Newtonian
Aperture   40 cm
Seeing     Slight flickering Clear 
Camera Type  Watec 910BD    PAL/CCIR      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis
Disappearance  14:18:35.33
Reappearance   14:18:44.29
Comments: Hurray! Lightcurve from 00:00:00 to 00:00:00 by Tangra v3.5.9 using AperturePhotometry/AverageBackground. Analysis by AOTA v4.2.2.0. Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.8

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Observer   Stephen Kerr
Location   Rockhampton, Qld, Australia
Longitude  +150:30
Latitude   -23:16
Altitude   50 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   30 cm
Seeing     Steady Clear 
Camera Type  Watec 910BD    PAL/CCIR      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis

Missed

Comments: Recorded with Occurec 2.9  Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.8

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Observer   B. Loader
Location   Darfield
Longitude  +172:06
Latitude   -43:28
Altitude   210 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   25 cm
Seeing     Slight flickering Clear 
Camera Type  Watec 910BD    NTSC/EIA      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis

Missed

Comments: star too faint for analysis even at 128x frames integration.  Fairly certain no event by watching video in real time.  Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.8

        

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