IOTA ASTEROIDAL OCCULTATION REPORT FORM

Asteroid (or other object):_ 1847 Stobbe _____  Star:___HIP 60566___________

Date (U.T.):____ 2005 Apr 12 _________  Predicted Time (U.T.):__03:03:30____

Observer Name:___Michael Richmond _________  Telephone:__ (585) 475-2538 ___

Postal Address:___Physics Dept., 85 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623

E-mail Address:___ mwrsps@rit.edu ______________  Fax:___ (585) 475-5766____

TELESCOPE:  Aperture:_ 30cm   Focal length:_300 cm Type:__Meade LX200 ______

    Eyepiece Power: videocam Observing site name: __RIT Observatory ________

    Longitude:__077:39:51.3 __________  Latitude:___+43:04:30.5_____________

    Height above sealevel:_176 m_  How determined?:___GPS___________________

Sky Transparency (Circle one, or delete two):     Good   

Star Image Stability ("seeing"; as above):        Good  

Other Conditions:  (Wind, Clouds, Lights, etc.):____________________________

EVENT TIMINGS:  (All times in Universal Time)

Time Source:__GPS display  Recording method: videocam w/ GPS time inserted  

Was the Asteroid Visible in your Scope? ______  Approx. Limiting Mag.:______

                               Universal Time  Estimated  Accuracy, Remarks
                                 h   m    s    Reaction
                                                Time,
  Started Observing:           03_:_01:_00.___  (sec.)  ____________________

  Star and Object Merged:      ___:___:___.___          __object invisible__

  Disappearance:               03_: 03:_20.___  __.___  __+/- 0.25 sec______

  Estimated Closest Approach:  ___:___:___.___          ____________________
                  (if no D/R)
  Reappearance:                03_:_03:_21.5__  __.___  __+/- 0.50 sec______

  Star and Object Separated:   ___:___:___.___          __object invisible__

  Stopped Observing:           03_:_05:_00.___          ____________________

  Was your reaction time applied to the above timings? _no______

If you could tell, did the object pass NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, or WEST of the
star (cicle one, or delete three)?  If possible,
estimate the distance of closest approach in arc seconds: _______

List all Interruptions in Observing:           Reason

    From  ___:___:___  to  ___:___:___    __________________________________

    From  ___:___:___  to  ___:___:___    __________________________________

Additional comments: _viewed by eye videocam images on TV w/ GPS time overlay

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