A 7 second occultation was recorded by Jonathan Bradshaw, using an SCT Telescope and Watec 120N+ camera.

A 5 second occultation was recorded by John Broughton, using an SCT Telescope and Watec 120N+ camera.

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Observers:
  1    J Bradshaw, Samford Valley, Queensland, Australia
  2    J Broughton, Reedy Creek, Queensland, Australia
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Discussion:

The event was clearly to the south of the predicted path. The DAMIT model has been plotted to fit the observed chords.

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

Observational Data:

Observation details for MP ( 120 ) Lachesis
By Star              UCAC4 305-146173
On 2016-09-29  at 10:46:15.0

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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     Strong flickering Clear 
Camera Type  Watec 120N+    NTSC/EIA      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis
Disappearance  10:45:53.15
Reappearance   10:46:00.41
Comments:   Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.8

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Observer   John Broughton
Location   Reedy Creek, QLD, AU
Longitude  +153:23
Latitude   -28:06
Altitude   66 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   25 cm
Seeing     Steady Clear 
Camera Type  Watec 120N+    PAL/CCIR      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - other linking Video with frame analysis
Disappearance  10:45:53.57
Reappearance   10:45:58.63
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