The occultation of a star by asteroid Itzigsohn - 20 August 2023

Tonight was pure and beautiful dark. I managed to capture an asteroidal occultation before dawn. Bright star, big drop. Like from a textbook.

The map with predicted path:


Light curve from video record.
The begin of occultation was at 02:10:43.936 UTC +/- 0.008s; end at 02:10:45.019 UTC +/- 0.008s. Total duration is 1.083s +/-0.011s.






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