A 4 and an 8 second occultation were recorded by John Broughton, using Newtonian telescopes at two distinct locations, with an LN-300-11673 and a Watec 120N+ camera.

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Observers:
  1    J Broughton, Brunswick Heads, New South Wales, Australia
  2    J Broughton, Wardell, New South Wales, Australia      
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Discussion:

The shorter chord lies approximately on the predicted path. It appears from the chords that the actual event was to the north of the predicted path.

The figures below show the Tangra light curve of the occultation.

Observational Data:

Observation details for MP ( 24 ) Themis
By Star              UCAC2 22274425
On 2015-09-24  at 12:07:16.0

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Observer   John Broughton
Location   Brunswick Heads, NSW, AU
Longitude  +153:32
Latitude   -28:32
Altitude   19 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope Newtonian
Aperture   25 cm
Seeing     Steady Clear 
Camera Type  LN-300-11673   PAL/CCIR      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - other linking Video with frame analysis
Disappearance  12:07:08.28
Reappearance   12:07:16.92
Comments:   

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Observer   John Broughton
Location   Wardell, NSW, AU
Longitude  +153:28
Latitude   -28:57
Altitude   20 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope Newtonian
Aperture   25 cm
Seeing     Steady Clear 
Camera Type  Watec 120N+    PAL/CCIR      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - other linking Video with frame analysis
Disappearance  12:07:07.81
Reappearance   12:07:11.01
Comments: