This event should be much easier to find than most - it's a member of the bright star cluster NGC 2129 in Gemini.
Alt=72, Az=222, which means it is at higher altitude prior to the occultation.
20 min before the event the altitude is 75 degrees; too high, but if you wait till 8 minutes before the event before inserting the standard configuration, the altitude will be only 73 degrees and will fit OK. That'll be my plan.
My site: the parking lot on the west side of Hwy 1 at Lat 37 00 30.7" latitude.
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Kirk and I drove separately, and both of us got clear positives; Kirk from just south of the centerline, me north of the centerline at SharkFin Cove parking.
I set up at the Shark Fin Cove parking area, 35 ft north of the notch where the trail start, in the cliff side. There was wind, so I positioned my car to minimize its effect and it was not a serious problem.
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i got a clear 1.5349 sec event for Greig, 2x at the Bonny Doon beach parking lot Feb. 22. There were scattered high clouds but it was clear in the target area.
PyOTE NIE sigma distance 36.2.
magDrop report: percentDrop: 94.0 magDrop: 3.058 +/- 0.771 (0.95 ci)
DNR: 2.73
D time: [04:50:24.0493]
D: 0.6800 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0102} seconds
D: 0.9500 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0280} seconds
D: 0.9973 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0635} seconds
R time: [04:50:25.5842]
R: 0.6800 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0102} seconds
R: 0.9500 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0280} seconds
R: 0.9973 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0635} seconds
Duration (R - D): 1.5349 seconds
Duration: 0.6800 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0147} seconds
Duration: 0.9500 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0347} seconds
Duration: 0.9973 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0693} seconds
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