The Occultation of a R=12.9 Star by 1996SS4

June 2, 2024 at 12:32:24am

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This event passes through SW side of Santa Cruz. Centerline through Antonelli Pond. Duration is 0.4seconds, full drop.

Alt=27, Az=142

     

 

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Richard Nolthenius

The R=12.9 star looked quite a bit fainter than expected, and I needed 8x setting to see it at all. It was too close to the 11th magnitude neighbor to get a completely clean light curve. And, at 8x, the duration of 0.4s is only 2.5 data points. There is a dip at the time, but it's too noisy to reach any significance. No data was reported, is the result.

 

 

And at 12:39am

this TNO occn rank=5 finderchart

20h 18 57s

+17 09 15"