A 6 second occultation was recorded by Dave Gault, using an SCT Telescope and Watec 910BD camera.

2 misses were recorded for this event.

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Observers:
  1    D Gault, Hawkesbury Heights, New South Wales, Australia  
  2(M) D Herald, Murrumbateman, New South Wales, Australia     
  3(M) J Newman, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia           
  4(P) Prediction

       

Discussion:

The circle above is plotted at the expected diameter of Carolina. With only one chord, it is not possible to tell if Dave was north or south of the centre line of the event. The model has been plotted centred on the observed chord.

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

Gault:

Observational Data:

Observation details for MP ( 235 ) Carolina
By Star              UCAC4 414-058305
On 2018-02-04  at 17:42:50.0

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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  Watec 910BD    PAL/CCIR      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis
Disappearance  17:42:47.75
Reappearance   17:42:52.31
Comments:  Lightcurve from 17:42:38 to 17:43:02 by Tangra v3.6.15 using
AperturePhotometry/AverageBackground. Analysis by AOTA v4.5.3.8.
Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.9

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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     Steady Clear 
Camera Type  Watec 910BD    PAL/CCIR      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis

Missed

Comments:  Lightcurve from 17:41:25 to 17:44:00 by Tangra v3.6.15 using
AperturePhotometry/AverageBackground. Analysis by AOTA v4.5.3.9.
Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.9

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Observer   John Newman
Location   Canberra, ACT, Au
Longitude  +149:02
Latitude   -35:11
Altitude   657 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

Missed

Comments:   Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.9