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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
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.
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