Asteroidal Occultation of 8th mag star April 30th

[Phil Fargaze]

This event might be of interest to some observers. It`s well placed in Lynx and at a reasonable time.

I will have my video camera, GPS video time inserter and laptop hooked up to the scope but this event

can be enjoyed visually too with nothing else than a scope and eyepiece. See here for more details http://t.co/mB43db3DeJ

The chance of being in the right place is quite low due to a wide error margin, however someone somewhere could get lucky!

I`ve been trying for nearly three years to be in the shadow of an asteroid without any luck, but I keep trying!

[lukebl]

I'm looking out for this one too, as the map seems to indicate that I'm right on the path. Going to have a go at using the 'Drift scan' method of capturing it, which I've never attempted before.

[Naemeth]

I'm right on the path too, who knows if it'll be clear or not?

[nytecam]

This event might be of interest to some observers. It`s well placed in Lynx and at a reasonable time.

I will have my video camera, GPS video time inserter and laptop hooked up to the scope but this event

can be enjoyed visually too with nothing else than a scope and eyepiece. See here for more details http://t.co/mB43db3DeJ

The chance of being in the right place is quite low due to a wide error margin, however someone somewhere could get lucky!

I`ve been trying for nearly three years to be in the shadow of an asteroid without any luck, but I keep trying!

Thanks for the heads up - track seems down the east coast but here in London I'll give it a go if clear - the event is in the early evening above Cancer

[Phil Fargaze]

Preparation is the key to success. I managed to identify the target star last week and now it`s in the lap of the god`s.

The met office 5 day forecast suggests it might be clear down this way but you never know.

[Phil Fargaze]

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I'm looking out for this one too, as the map seems to indicate that I'm right on the path. Going to have a go at using the 'Drift scan' method of capturing it, which I've never attempted before.

Good luck with the drift scan. It's an interesting method.

[lukebl]

So did anyone manage to see the occultation?

Although I was theoretically near or on the path, it was a no-show here. At my location, the occultation should have ocurred at around 21:31:10 UT, so with an error margin of +/- 11 seconds I captured a 60 second exposure from 21:30:40 UT. If there was an occultation, the star trail should show a gap. But it doesn't! HIP 43719 is the bright trail in the centre. An interesting experiment all the same!

Single 60s exposure, SXVF-H9, 250mm f/4.7 Newtonian.

[Phil Fargaze]

Nicely done.

I recorded the target star with video camera from 21h 28m till 21h 34m UT and checked the capture with Tangra for any change in brightness and have to report

that it was a negative for me also.

[nytecam]

Negative also from SW London - should have given myself more time to test trailed images eg 2m exp too long and 1m short across the frame - anyway worth a try!. My pics show..from left...

Starfield in 1m exp [interesting interactive 3 gxys top corner with sample from Sloan DSS !]

Trailed image during [non] event 2m exp

Trailed image post event east of starfield 1m exp

[Phil Fargaze]

I noticed the galaxy was there the day before when I was having a practice. According to Redshift 5 it was labelled as irregular galaxy PGC 24981.

I managed to get a trace of it on an image using my Watec video camera.