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Originally Posted by higginsdj
I would imagine then that my low light occultation video camera on the back of my 14" would be able to capture good video of the event! CheersDavid
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Hi David,
I guess you are talking about the camera from RASNZ? If so then you might be able to detect mag. 13.9 Pluto as I can reach mag 12.5 stars using the same camera in my 10".
However I think you'd be better using your CCD camera (better S/N and greater bit depth) and binning 2x2 or 4x4 to get the frame rate up. We are not trying to get millisecond timing to plot the profile of pluto as we know it's spherical, rather we are after accurate photometry of the star's transition through the atmosphere during the disappearance and reappearance which could last 20 seconds each.
Remember DaveH got good data from the Pluto 07 event using identical equipment. IIRC you helped with the photometry then.
BTW, Here is a transcript of Michael Richmond's photometry on my crummy images from the Pluto 06 event...
http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/occult...o_jun2006.html