A 0.5 second occultation was recorded by Tony Barry, using an SCT Telescope and Flea 3-03S3 camera.

A 3 second occultation was recorded by Dave Gault, using an SCT Telescope and Flea 3-03S1 camera.

One miss was recorded for this event.

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Observers:
  1    T Barry, Werrington Downs, New South Wales, Australia
  2    D Gault, Hawkesbury Heights, New South Wales, Australia      
  3(M) D Herald, Murrumbateman, New South Wales, Australia 
  4(P) Prediction- IOTA Feed                

         



       

Discussion:

The ellipse above is plotted at the expected diameters of Benjamina. The ellipse has been plotted to fit the observed chords.

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

Observational Data:

Observation details for MP ( 976 ) Benjamina
By Star              UCAC2 36933670
On 2016-07-03  at 18:16:49.0

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Observer   Tony Barry
Location   Werrington Downs
Longitude  +150:43
Latitude   -33:44
Altitude   66 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   25 cm
Seeing     Steady Clear 
Camera Type  Flea 3-03S3 with ADVS        ADVS          
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video, photo or photoelectric
Disappearance  18:16:54.81
Reappearance   18:16:55.34
Comments: Clear, one frame drop, DaveG's observation as corroborating evidence Subject to approval by Higher Command. Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.8

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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  Flea 3-03S1 with ADVS        ADVS          
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis
Disappearance  18:16:53.05
Reappearance   18:16:55.58
Comments: Light curve attached.   

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Observer   Dave Herald
Location   Murrumbateman
Longitude  +148:59
Latitude   -34:57
Altitude   594 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope Newtonian
Aperture   40 cm
Seeing     Slight flickering Clear 
Camera Type  Watec 910BD    PAL/CCIR      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video, photo or photoelectric

Missed

Comments:   Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.8