A 13 second occultation was recorded by Dave Herald, using an SCT Telescope and Watec 910BD camera.

1 miss was recorded for this event.

An attempted observation that the observer considers unreliable is reported below, but not included in the analysis.

There was no updated prediction for this event.

Observers:
  1(M) D Gault, Hawkesbury Heights, New South Wales, Australia  
  2    D Herald, Murrumbateman, New South Wales, Australia     
  3(P) Prediction                           
       

Discussion:

The DAMIT model above is plotted at the expected diameter of Flora. With only one chord, it is not possible to tell if Dave was north or south of the centre line of the event. The miss suggests that he was north, but is too far removed to be positive. The model has been plotted centred on the observed chord.

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

Herald:

Observational Data:

Observation details for MP ( 8 ) Flora
By Star              TYC 1343-02834-1 
On 2018-01-05  at 15:41:16.0

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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     Steady Clear 
Camera Type  KPC-350BH      PAL/CCIR      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis

Missed

Comments:    

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Observer   Dave Herald
Location   Murrumbateman, NSW, Australia
Longitude  +148:59
Latitude   -34:57
Altitude   594 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   40 cm
Seeing     Slight flickering Clear 
Camera Type  Watec 910BD    PAL/CCIR      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis
Disappearance  15:41:18.78
Reappearance   15:41:32.14
Comments: Certain of event, even though mag drop only 0.08 Lightcurve from 15:40:00 to 15:43:00 by
Tangra v3.6.15 using AperturePhotometry/AverageBackground. Analysis by AOTA v4.5.3.2.
Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.9

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Observer   John Newman
Location   Flynn, ACT, AU
Longitude  +149:02
Latitude   -35:11
Altitude   657 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   40 cm
Seeing     Steady Clear 
Camera Type  Watec 910BD    PAL/CCIR      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis

Missed

Comments: Reported as a miss. Technique may be deficient.  Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.9