Favourable asteroid occultation of 7th magnitude star on 2015 September 29/30‏

[JeremyS]

This event, which is the most favourable stellar occultation by an asteroid visible from the UK in 2015,  will take place between 04:27:00 - 04:30:00 UT (5.27 am - 5.30 am) on Wednesday, September 30. For further details of what to expect and how to observe it, visit the BAA page about the event: https://britastro.org/node/6671

[Phil Fargaze]

I`ll be set up and ready for this, weather permitting, alarm clock set! 

[JeremyS]

Good luck, Phil. Let us know how you get on.

Jeremy

[Phil Fargaze]

Thanks, will let you know what happens. I've achieved two positive asteroid occultations so far plus numerous negatives, so another positive would be great.

[JeremyS]

Well, two successful asteroid obs is pretty good. And two more than most!

Go well!

Jeremy

[Phil Fargaze]

Sorry not to get back sooner. Conditions were good and a superb set of results were obtained across the UK. I myself achieved a positive observation. Here is a graphic produced from the results of the observations which shows the shape of the asteroid based on our locations and the disappearance and reappearance times that were submitted. My Result is chord number 14.

[laudropb]

Nice piece of work. Thanks for posting.

[Phil Fargaze]

I believe it is one of, if not the best UK result for an asteroidal occultation. I would like to mention this was possible with the good work of Tim Haymes, the occultation coordinator for the BAA and the euraster.net web page for maintaining the results of the European asteroidal occultation observations.

[FenlandPaul]

What a great area for amateurs to contribute to; thank you for posting and congrats on your observation!

Paul

[Phil Fargaze]

What a great area for amateurs to contribute to; thank you for posting and congrats on your observation!

Paul

Very true, the pursuit of chasing occultations can be quite satisfying knowing that the results can be submitted and used for further study. Even a negative result can still be a valuable contribution.