This is a quick event, only 1.4s long. The path northern limit just nudges Santa Cruz. It's a drive to get into it deeper, but the rank is such that I think just staying home might be what I prefer. I'll get it from my driveway. The target is in Serpens and 39 degrees up nearly due south at Az=176.
Kirk and I both tried it from home. The star was tougher to see than the nominally fainter Volga occultation 2 nights earlier, even though this one was a higher altitude. I tried from the street below my place. Kirk and I both got a miss. I at 16x and Kirk as well. The predicted duration was so short that our confidence of a miss is not high.
Kirk's light curve. Also consistent with a miss, although with only 6 predicted integrations for maximal occultation, it's hard to be confident. |
My PyOTE light curve, with reference star smoothed to what looked like the right level. No occultation is evident at the predicted time. |