A 14.64 second occultation was recorded by Steve Kerr, using Video-OSD technique.
Four clearly observed misses were recorded for this event and two sites were clouded out.

View the updated prediction.

Observers:
  1    S Kerr,Glenlee,QLD,AU
  2(M) S Quirk,Mudgee,NSW,AU
  3(M) D Herald,Kambah, ACT,AU
  4(M) D Gault,Hawkesbury Heights,NSW,AU
  5(M) H Pavlov,Marsfield, NSW, AU
  6(P) Predicted  6 Aug
    

Discussion:

The circle above is plotted at the expected 125 km diameter of Argentina. With only one chord it is not possible to determine whether Steve was north or south of the central line of the event.

The figure below shows the light curve of the occultation.

Observational Data:

Observation details for MP (469) Argentina
By Star              UCAC2 16869197
On 2009-08-13  at 13:09:15.0

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Observer   Stephen Kerr
Location   Glenlee,QLD,AU
Longitude  +150:30:0.8
Latitude   -23:16:9.6
Altitude   50 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   30 cm
Seeing     Steady Clear
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis
Disappearance  13:11:17.01
Reappearance   13:11:31.65
Comments:
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Observer   Hristo Pavlov
Location   Marsfield, NSW, AU
Longitude  +151:06:16.8
Latitude   -33:46:11.5
Altitude   100 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   20 cm
Seeing     Steady Clear
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis

Missed

Comments:   Report prepopulated by OccultWatcher's Reporting Addin ver.1.2

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Observer   Dave Herald
Location   Kambah, ACT,AU
Longitude  +149:03:48.9
Latitude   -35:23:49.3
Altitude   582 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   35 cm
Seeing     Steady Clear
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis

Missed

Comments:   Report prepopulated by OccultWatcher's Reporting Addin ver.1.1

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Observer   Steve Quirk
Location   Mudgee,NSW,AU
Longitude  +149:39:45.6
Latitude   -32:27:21.3
Altitude   508 m
Datum
Telescope Newtonian
Aperture   32 cm
Seeing     Slight flickering Clear
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis

Missed

Comments: no drop seen in limovie graphs

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Observer   Dave Gault
Location   Hawkesbury Heights,NSW,AU
Longitude  +150:38:28.
Latitude   -33:39:52.
Altitude   286 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope Newtonian
Aperture   25 cm
Seeing     Steady Clear
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis

Missed

Comments:   Report prepopulated by OccultWatcher's Reporting Addin ver.1.1