This is a low-ish ranked event through Monterey Bay, of a faint star. But skies are dark and clean and cloud free tonight, and there's 23% odds of a hit from downtown Santa Cruz, so maybe worth a try.
Alt=30, Az=197 above the peak of the Teapot of Sagittarius.
The event lasts up to 1.3 seconds, with the 14.4 image dropping to 16.0 magnitude (invisible). The path doesn't hit land till Monterey, so we have to hope for a bit of a north shift.
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Kirk Bender and I both got recordings from our homes under clear dark moonless skies. We both saw misses. Karl did not attempt this one.
I observed from the road, Rincon St, behind the hedge where I had a good view of the target area. I used my standard faint star settings of Gain=41, sharpness=4, gamma=1.0. I used 32x integration setting.
At my site; on Rincon St. |
The target is in the aperture below |
PyMovie composite of light curves. The target is in blue, and shows no evident occultation. |
PyMovie target. |
PyOTE, with reference star at top, and target below, and vertical bar at the expected occultation. No significant drop is seen, as the drop should go to ~zero. |
Kirk observed from his driveway under similar good conditions as Nolthenius, using 32x integration setting. Consistent with a miss.
Composite light curves in PyMovie, at 32x. Target light curve is in gold. No drop at predicted time. Consistent with a miss. |
Target light curve. Should have gone to zero if an occultation. |
PyOTE light curve, with vertical bar at predicted event time. No occultation seen. |
