A 4.16 second occultation was recorded by Brian Loader, using a video recording setup in the Nelson area while Graeme McKay recorded a 3.6 second occultation from Belenheim.

No other reports were received for this event.

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Observers:
   1    B Loader,Nelson, New Zealand         
  2    G McKay,Blenheim                     
  3(P) Prediction                           

                          

 

       

Discussion:

The two observed chords are consistant with a slightly oval outline for (476) Hedwig.

The figure below shows the Tangra light curve of the occultation of Brian's observation.

The figure below shows the Tangra light curve of the occultation of Graeme's observation.

Observational Data:

Observation details for MP ( 476 ) Hedwig
By Star              UCAC2 19483406
On 2017-02-24  at 16:05:12.0

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Observer   B. Loader
Location   Wakefield, Nelson
Longitude  +173:02
Latitude   -41:24
Altitude   62 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   20 cm
Seeing     Slight flickering Clear 
Camera Type  Watec 910BD    AAV-PAL       
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis
Disappearance  16:05:08.10
Reappearance   16:05:12.26
Comments: Times as obtained from AOTA.  OW did not pick up results, so entered by hand.  Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.8

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Observer   Graeme McKay
Location   Blenheim
Longitude  +173:57
Latitude   -41:32
Altitude   18 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   28 cm
Seeing     Steady Clear 
Camera Type  Watec 120N+    PAL/CCIR      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis
Disappearance  16:05:10.07
Reappearance   16:05:13.63
Comments:   Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.8