A 6 second occultation was recorded by Jacqui Milner, using an SCT Telescope and Mintron 12v1C-EX camera.

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Observers:
  1    J Milner, Bayswater, Victoria, Australia
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Discussion:

The DAMIT model above is plotted at the expected diameter of Melete. With only one chord, it is not possible to tell if Jacqui was north or south of the centre line of the event. The model has been plotted centred on the observed chord.

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

Milner:

Observational Data:

Observation details for MP ( 56 ) Melete
By Star              UCAC2 37143102
On 2017-10-09  at 18:29:46.0

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Observer   Jacquie Milner
Location   Bayswater, Vic, AU
Longitude  +145:14
Latitude   -37:50
Altitude   110 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   20 cm
Seeing     Steady Clear 
Camera Type  Mintron 12v1C-EX             PAL/CCIR      
Camera Delay 
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis
Disappearance  18:29:39.78
Reappearance   18:29:55.62
Comments: This star was fainter than expected, no doubt some of that due to the near proximity of
the waning gibbous Moon about 23 degrees away, but for a 11.8 mag star it did not appear in Guide9,
which I make my finder charts from.
I printed out a finder chart from the IOTA website for comparison, since it was an IOTA prediction.
Fortunately the star was there, and it was a nice, clean D and R, just a little early.
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