The occultation of a star by asteroid Herrick (1579) - 01 January 2013
The first day of the new year was sucessful for me due to next positive asteroid occultation.
The autumn was awful. There were too many cloud days and I was able to make only a few observing. And these were negative ones. Today I went to my observatory with my son and we try to catch a glipse of dark together. Sucessfully.The map with predicted path:
Light curve from video record.
The begin of the occultation was at 17:32:32,138 UTC +/- 0,02s; the end at 17:32:38,4583 UTC +/- 0,02s. The whole duration was 6,32s +/-0,04s.
My new equipment for occultations works perfectly.
Update 31 January 2013:
| Optics: | Newton 36cm |
|---|---|
| Focal: | 1500mm |
| Aperature: | 4,2 |
| Pointation: | unpointed |
| Mount: | open fork |
| Camera: | Watec 902H Ultimate + Precision GPS Time Video Overlay Unit (1 PPS) |