The Occultation of a 14.0 Combined by Asteroid () Brasilia for 4.8s

Thur morn June 11 at 1:52:03am

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This is a low-number asteroid which should already have a good orbit. Wide path includes all of our team. Duration is 4s, which is necessary because the altitude is only 15 degrees and the combined image is only 14.0 magnitude, which will fade to 14.8 magnitude when only the asteroid is visible.

Alt=15, Az=163 in Sagittarius

chip view

Q70 eyepiece view

         

 

Results:

Ted Swift got a positive, Kirk tried it, noisy, not clear but looks like a miss. I did not try it.