This is a wide path high rank event with the centerline going through Santa Cruz. It's 23 degrees up in the SE and 2.0 sec long, and a favorable and do-able event for the Santa Cruz and South Bay observers. I hope we get a good turnout.
Alt=23 Az=128. The target is directly below Saturn, in the lower left outline of the 'water jug' part of Aquarius. It is right next to a bright'ish galaxy NGC 7723, a barred spiral galaxy of 11th magnitude and would be a good way to get on-target w/o worry about mis-keying in numbers of RA and Dec
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This is another wide path event that all of us were in the path for. I got a ~1s event, Kirk recorded as well. Both of us from home. Have not heard from Karl yet.
I set up at the foot of my stairs, with a good view to that alt/az, got on target without trouble, and recorded the event. I also recorded the event on my SX260 camera off-the-monitor, as a backup, since I'm now re-re-recording over the same tape as was in the camcorder from Dave Gault on receipt. I could see the event on the monitor. Not reduced yet.
magDrop report: percentDrop: 82.4 magDrop: 1.889 +/- 0.466 (0.95 ci)
DNR: 3.33
D time: [07:06:18.2567]
D: 0.6800 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0239} seconds
D: 0.9500 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0627} seconds
D: 0.9973 containment intervals: {+/- 0.1586} seconds
R time: [07:06:19.9766]
R: 0.6800 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0239} seconds
R: 0.9500 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0627} seconds
R: 0.9973 containment intervals: {+/- 0.1586} seconds
Duration (R - D): 1.7199 seconds
Duration: 0.6800 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0356} seconds
Duration: 0.9500 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0831} seconds
Duration: 0.9973 containment intervals: {+/- 0.1780} seconds
Observed from home.
not know if he observed as of the moment.