Five well spaced and clearly observed misses were recorded for this event. Three more observers had registered for the event in Occult Watcher.

View the OZNZ prediction.

Observers:
  1(M) J Talbot,Waikanae Beach, NZ
  2(M) G Hudson,Porirua, New Zealand
  3(M) M Forbes,Lower Hutt, NZ
  4(M) P Graham,Martinborough, New Zealand
  5(M) G McKay,Blenheim, NZ
  6(P) Prediction, OZNZ, 1 Jul

        

Discussion:

The circle above is plotted at the expected 34 km diameter of Kotelnikov. With no positive chords we cannot say where the actual path was, so the circle has been plotted on the predicted path. A good turn out witha bright star and nicely spaced sites

Observational Data:

Observation details for MP ( 2726 ) Kotelnikov
By Star              HIP HIP95967
On 2012-07-18  at 12:28:47.0

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Observer   M. Forbes
Location   Lower Hutt, NZ
Longitude  +174:58
Latitude   -41:09
Altitude   25 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   20 cm
Seeing     Slight flickering Clear
Camera Type  KTC530         PAL/CCIR
Camera Delay 0
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis

Missed

Comments: The problem was the edge of the dome was also occulting the scope
(my dome has a dead spot near the zenith due to its clamshell design),
so I could only just see the star.
The resulting signal-to-noise is so low that I could have missed any occultation
(buried in the noise).
[With a mag drop of 8.5 and misses either side I think we are safe
in counting this as an observed miss - jt]

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Observer   G Hudson
Location   Porirua, New Zealand
Longitude  +174:50
Latitude   -41:06
Altitude   52 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   30 cm
Seeing     Steady Clear
Camera Type  WAT120N+       PAL/CCIR
Camera Delay 0.07
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis

Missed

Comments: No event was observed Clear sky with the star easily visible.

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Observer   Graeme McKay
Location   Blenheim, NZ
Longitude  +173:57
Latitude   -41:32
Altitude   18 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   20 cm
Seeing     Steady Clear
Camera Type  WAT120N        PAL/CCIR
Camera Delay 0.33
Timing     GPS - other linking Video with frame analysis

Missed

Comments:

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Observer   Peter Graham
Location   Martinborough, New Zealand
Longitude  +175:29
Latitude   -41:14
Altitude   73 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   25 cm
Seeing     Steady Clear
Camera Type  WAT120N        PAL/CCIR
Camera Delay 0.03
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis

Missed

Comments: The star/asteroid was visible the whole time but the light curve
fails to show any detectable sensible variation in magnitude.


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Observer   John Talbot
Location   Waikanae Beach, NZ
Longitude  +175:01
Latitude   -40:51
Altitude   5 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope Newtonian
Aperture   25 cm
Seeing     Slight flickering Broken cloud
Camera Type  KPC-350BH      PAL/CCIR
Camera Delay 0
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis

Missed

Comments: Wind and cloud affected but star visible for 2 min each side of predicted
and no event. Definte miss.
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