This event is decent rank, and the centerline follows the spine of the Santa Cruz Mountains. It is decently "bright" at 12.6 but has two challenges: The sun is at -13 degrees so twilight will brighten the sky. And, the star itself is low in the south only 13 degrees up. Still, it looks do-able and the odds we'll get a "hit" are high. And it has added value because others farther east with better sun and star altitude conditions are on OW, so if we all get a success we'll be able to say something about the shape of this asteroid.
I plan to drive up to the UCSC Marshall meadow for it. Odds of a "hit" up there are 78%. For Karl on Highland Way they're 82%.
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Nice event.... but a miss! What are the odds? We were definitely unlucky. Kirk observed as well, a miss.
Mtn bikers passed by as I was setting up on the bike path. |
This is dated as if it's from the Kathywhaler event, but it does not look like my actual site. Same for the following slide. But I don't know where else to put those slides for now. |
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This is indeed from the Kathywhaler event, out in the field away from my car. |
Same, without the red lighting. |
