The Occultation of a W=12.4 Star for 0.9s by Asteroid 2000 RT54

Thur morning Oct 16, 2025 at 1:26am

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This event is on a clear perfect night, and Bernard and Sandy at Astro 9 were game to go for it, as it passes through Aptos and Soquel, and hits Karl too.

Alt=37, Az=69 in Auriga, 1/3 of the way below the Pentagon towards Gemini below.

     

 

Results

Richard Nolthenius

I observed at 4x, from outside my place in Santa Cruz. Clear skies. I was just outside the path, so not surprising to get a miss.

 

 

Kirk Bender

No apparent event. PyOTE detectability tool reports an event as short as 0.210s would likely be detectable, max predicted duration was 0.87s.

 

Karl von Ahnen

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