The occultation of a star by asteroid Parthenope - 23 February 2022

This asteroidal occultation was very difficult. The drop was only 0.05 mag. I had to use quite long exposure time and minimal gain. The result - positive. I am happy.

The map with predicted path:


Light curve from video record.
The begin of occultation was at 22:13:55.824 UTC +/- 0.535s; end at 22:14:08.396 UTC +/- 0.535s. Total duration is 12.572s +/-0.848s.






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