A 5 second occultation was recorded by Dean Hooper, using an SCT Telescope and Watec 910HX camera.

1 miss was recorded for this event.

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Observers:
  1(M) J Milner, Bayswater, Victoria, Australia          
  2    D Hooper, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia          
  3(P) Prediction

       

Discussion:

The ellipse above is plotted at the expected diameters of Palisana. Although there was only one chord, the miss indicates that Dean was north of the centre line of the event. The ellipse has been plotted to fit the observed chord.

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

Name:

Observational Data:

Observation details for MP ( 914 ) Palisana
By Star              TYC 6041-00520-1 
On 2018-02-03  at 14:59:30.0

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Observer   Jacquie Milner
Location   Bayswater, Vic, AU
Longitude  +145:14
Latitude   -37:50
Altitude   110 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   20 cm
Seeing     Steady Clear 
Camera Type  Mintron 12v1C-EX             PAL/CCIR      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis

Missed

Comments: Had expected a positive, then thought maybe this slender asteroid had slipped by
sideways, then I saw that Dean had a positve and that the path had shifted.
 Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.9

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Observer   Dean Hooper
Location   Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Longitude  +145:05
Latitude   -37:59
Altitude   10 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   28 cm
Seeing     Steady Clear 
Camera Type  Watec 910HX    PAL/CCIR      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis
Disappearance  14:59:31.15
Reappearance   14:59:35.69
Comments: Light curve generation Tangra v3.6.15.  Time analysis AOTA v4.5.3.0. Nice clear event.
Beautiful to watch real-time on monitor.