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Originally Posted by StuTodd
Hi David.
Did you overlay the video with a GPS time stamp?
Asteroid occultation timing is a good thing to be doing, are you using OccultWatcher at all for the predictions?
Stu
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Yes and yes. However Tangra isn't recognising the time stamp for some reason. [Another challenge Alex
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Originally Posted by AstroJunk
Nice one David. It's all a bit of a learning curve, but you will be a seasoned expert soon enough. And there are very few people who can accurately identify an 11th mag star in the field. Feel very satisfied to be in a very exclusive bunch |
I was actually only about 80% sure I had the right star. I used accurate GoTo to find it but I had trouble relating the finder chart to my fov. I'll have to learn to make my own charts flipped correctly for my scope and with a circle showing the fov of my wide-field ep.
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Originally Posted by tonybarry
Hi David,
I was one of six who posted an interest in the 57 Mnemosyne occultation to OccultWatcher (a Windows app / web service which co-ordinates occultation events and observers). People from Canberra to the Blue Mountains.
You are the only person who saw the occultation - the rest of us had cloud, wind, rain, and or lightning.
So well done !
Hopefully you can make a report to the Occultation Section of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand. If there are enough chords , you will get a mention in the Minor Planet Centre's updates of asteroidal positions.
Regards,
Tony Barry
WSAAG
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I'm going to set myself up on OccultWatcher soon and I will definitely report the results - even if I have to manually click through frame by frame to get the times!
It's a pity that others missed out. I'm very aware that multiple chords are far far more valuable than a single chord - that's why we need more observers. I had scudding cloud before the event and it was 100% cloud about 30 minutes later.
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Originally Posted by PeterM
Well done on this achievement David, you have every right to feel proud. I can well imagine the hours that have gone into this. "bugger that I'm excited!" now that's one of the best postings on IIS for some time!
Peter
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Probably fewer hours than you think. Mostly it's been watching the Cloud Free Night web site. The real work is going to come when I start building the observatory.
I'm pleased my comment amused you but I imagine that a SN hunter knows more about excitement than I do. It's a great research area but I couldn't stand doing all the blink comparisons.