A 6.40 second occultation was recorded by Dave Herald, using Video OSD technique.

View the updated prediction.

Observers:
  1    D. Herald, Kambah, ACT, AU
  2(P) Prediction Gault TT group 25 Aug

    

Discussion:

The circle above is plotted at the expected 95 km diameter of Erato. With only one chord it is not possible to determine whether Dave was north or south of the central line of the event.

Observational Data:

Observation details for MP (62) Erato
By Star              UCAC2 22763193
On 2008-09-23  at 11:59:31.0
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Observer   Dave Herald
Location   Kambah, ACT, AU
Longitude  +149:03:49.0
Latitude   -35:23:49.3
Altitude   580 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   35 cm
Seeing     Slight flickering Clear
Timing     GPS - other linking Video with frame analysis
Disappearance  11:59:41.08
Reappearance   11:59:47.48
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