This is an easy event if the clouds and winds cooperate. Probably a last second decision depending on the rapid movement of the cold low pressure post-front clouds advance across the skies. The path cuts across the old Cemex plant in Davenport, probably the best choice for a site (then maybe dinner at Costa Azul??).
Alt=74, Az=161.
So, the altitude will be very slightly rising going into the event. 74 degrees is on the ragged edge of being do-able with the standard straight-through configuration. The altitude will be lower during set up and that's good.
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The last minute clouds looked to favor going to Felton for this, and also saving driving time. I got back from errands later than I hoped and it was a mad dash. I'd hoped to enlist Kirk, but I didn't contact him in time. I drove up Graham Hill to set up at the green belt park access across from the Safeway. What I didn't expect, was the nightmare clog of rush hour traffic returning from over the hill. Stuck in long lines behind red traffic lights and I could see I'd miss it if I stayed. Desperate to set up SOMEWHERE that I could park, I managed to do an illegal exit and ended up in the liquor store parking slots in the Safeway shopping center. I got set up in a hurry, no time to try to locate the target area in the brilliantly lit parking lot in the eyepiece, so after the GoTo I went straight to the Watec. Took about a minute or two to ID the stars, and the target was not on the chip. I got to it in time, started recording at 2x and left it there. The occultation was about 1/2s and easy to spot live.
long: 122 04 10.22
Lat 37 03 09.36
Elev 87m
magDrop report: percentDrop: 99.9 magDrop: 8.132 +/- 1.354 (0.95 ci)
DNR: 5.36
D time: [02:45:35.6051]
D: 0.6800 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0035} seconds
D: 0.9500 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0091} seconds
D: 0.9973 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0169} seconds
R time: [02:45:36.0773]
R: 0.6800 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0035} seconds
R: 0.9500 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0091} seconds
R: 0.9973 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0169} seconds
Duration (R - D): 0.4723 seconds
Duration: 0.6800 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0052} seconds
Duration: 0.9500 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0118} seconds
Duration: 0.9973 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0205} seconds