This is a high rank event, good altitude =52, Az=89 in the East, bright-ish star in Taurus, with a long duration of 8.6s. It should provide good data. It's a bit of a drive from Scotts Valley, but if the mood fits, maybe worth a go. The drop is 1.0 magnitudes for several seconds, most likely for us near Pulgas.
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Kirk and I both got good data on positives from Crystal Springs Reservoir. Looks like a south shift beyond the 1-sigma, as we both had 7+ second occultations out of a predicted 8.6 second max positive predicted.
I had clear skies, some dampness, sky brightness due to SF/Bay lights as the target was in the East. Humidity interfered with transparency, but stars looked steady. No visible cirrus. I set it at 8x, almost did 4x but it looked more noisy and I didn't think that would improve timing accuracy so left it at 8x. Very solid FP test. It was cold and damp, but no trouble with recording.
magDrop report: percentDrop: 65.0
magDrop: 1.140 +/- 0.148 (0.95 ci)
DNR: 3.09
D time: [07:06:50.2818]
D: 0.6800 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0480} seconds
D: 0.9500 containment intervals: {+/- 0.1274} seconds
D: 0.9973 containment intervals: {+/- 0.3304} seconds
R time: [07:06:57.8894]
R: 0.6800 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0480} seconds
R: 0.9500 containment intervals: {+/- 0.1274} seconds
R: 0.9973 containment intervals: {+/- 0.3304} seconds
Duration (R - D): 7.6076 seconds
Duration: 0.6800 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0749} seconds
Duration: 0.9500 containment intervals: {+/- 0.1805} seconds
Duration: 0.9973 containment intervals: {+/- 0.3964} seconds
Long: 122 19' 39.28" W
Lat 37 29' 53.06"
N
Elev 329 ft
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Kirk Bender was set up at Edgewood/Canada Rd intersection, at the start of the bike path. Got a 7s positive.