This is a very easy event to do at short integration, and get good shape data. The duration is up to 1.6s, and the altitude =49, Az=108, in Taurus, below left of the Hyades. I am planning on trying it from the bike Crossing at UCSC upper meadow. Karl is planning to try it as well, and even a small north shift will put him inside the path, or delimit our positives further south.
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I observed from the field 1/3 mile north of the upper meadow UCSC bike crossing. South of the centerline by about 1/3 path width. Conditions were excellent, dark, good seeing, high altitude. A clear miss at 2x visible on the monitor. A mystery where this asteroid went; high rank and yet it must have moved almost a full diameter of the asteroid to have missed all 3 of us.
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A miss for Oruki for me, at the Berm, very close to the centerline, at 2x. No apparent event. Max predicted duration was 1.55s and PyOTE reports that an event of duration 0.100 seconds with magDrop: 7.8 is likely detectable.
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Karl observed from home, he was inside the northern limit uncertainty zone. Looked like a miss while watching the computer screen. Analysis by RN in PyMovie confirms a miss. Report filed by RN with IOTA 10/5/24