This event has an unusual vertical path, going over Santa Cruz, with the Santa Cruz Mtns up in Bonny Doon favored near the centerline. The altitude is 37 degrees; high enough to be reasonably do-able despite the dim magnitude. The event lasts up to 5.7 seconds, which will also help. The drop is to 15.7, which is essentially invisible.
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Results
Fog threatened, so I retreated up to Bonny Doon. We had three good recordings from myself at the BD Ecological Reserve, Karl at home, and Ted Swift near Davis. I was on the centerline - and we all had a miss. The full moon was extraordinarily Harvest Moon bright, and smoke in the air made the sky brightness a bit of trouble. There was a narrow range to set the integration so the star was visible but the sky was not overwhelming.
My site, in the parking lot for the Eco Preserve. |
The target (green curve) doesn't show any time of unusual zero readings beyond standard noise. The event time was near the middle of this 4.5 minute long light curve |
PyMovie light curve, target alone. |
