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OCCULTATION OF UCAC4_253-139314 BY 448 Natalie
2015 June 26


A 1.6 second occultation was recorded by Dave Herald, using video OSD technique.

No clearly observed misses were recorded for this event.

View the Personal prediction.

Observers:
  1    D Herald,Murrumbateman, NSW, AU      
  2(P) Prediction, Personal

       

[mp] occultation__ 2015 June 26

Discussion:

The circle above is plotted at the expected 47 km diameter of Natalie. With only one chord it is not possible to determine whether Dave was north or south of the central line of the event. the circle has been plotted on the observed chord . The event is very short,and a long way from the predicted path. There are also dips of comparable depth before and after the selected one that suggest seeing was poor. so this result should be considered possibly false and not used for astrometry unless confirmed later.

The figure below shows the Tangra light curve of the occultation with time analysis by AOTA.

Natalie  occultation__ 2015 June 26

Observational Data:

Observation details for MP ( 448 ) Natalie
By Star              UCAC4 253-139314
On 2015-06-26  at 20:00:18.0

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Observer   Dave Herald
Location   Murrumbateman, NSW, AU
Longitude  +148:59
Latitude   -34:57
Altitude   594 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   40 cm
Seeing     Steady Fog 
Camera Type  Watec 910BD    PAL/CCIR      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis
Disappearance  20:00:44.12
Reappearance   20:00:45.72
Comments: Event might be false  
Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.8

        

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