The occultation of a star by asteroid Hidalgo - 06 December 2018

And double hit again. This night was beautiful clear and successful. After midnight I have caught another asteroid occultation with my camera - Hidalgo. It is a centaur. It is music for my astronomical soul.

The map with predicted path:


Light curve from video record.
The begin of occultation was at 00:42:09.887 +/- 0.050s; end at 00:42:10.677 UTC +/- 0.050s. Total duration is je 0.79s +/-0.050s.






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