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On Wednesday 26 July UT Charon, Pluto's moon, was predicted to occult the 13th magnitude (R-band) star C395. The prediction placed the path of this event south of New Zealand and Australia, although Jay Pasachoff noted that the prediction contained a significant uncertainty in the Charon ephemeris and that - based on the successful June 12 observation of an occultation by Pluto - if that uncertainty were to resolve in the same distance/direction offset as for Pluto, it would in fact place the path over the Australian continent.
To date, no positive event has been reported. This page presents a summary of those sites which have provided a report.
Stockport, SA: Blair Lade
Cant find anything 20 minutes either side of the prediction for Charon from our
Stockport site; will look at the Blacksprings data this week.
Mt John Observatory, Lake Tekapo, NZ: Pam Kilmartin & Alan Gilmore
We did try to observe this, but no apparent result. We have not yet been right
through the record, and I was distracted by a Japanese visitor while it was running.
No time to view it all yesterday. Fine weather and good conditions, but counts per second not high.
Frankston, Vic: Peter Skilton
Was completely under fog here at Frankston.
Ellinbank, Vic: Peter Nelson & Chris Stockdale
I was ready to go at Ellinbank, and Chris Stockdale was set up with the IOTA
camera from Wolfgang. We were both clouded out.
Canberra, ACT: Patrick Purcell
At that time we had unfavourable weather here in Canberra so it was a 'no go'.
Reedy Creek, QLD: John Broughton
I observed from IAU station 428 Reedy Creek with a 0.51-m reflector and AP6 CCD.
A total of 240 2.2-second exposures were taken at 3-second intervals covering the
period 12:13:37 - 12:25:53 UT. Photometric measurements made with MaxIm DL revealed a miss.
Hawkesbury Heights, NSW: Dave Gault
I was ready to go but it was cloudy.