This is a bright star and very red. B-V = 2.0 magnitudes! The rank is mediocre but not terrible. The path centerline cuts right across one of my regular sites: at Santa's Village in Scotts Valley. It passes south of Karl, but given the rank, a shift to his location would not be that surprising. He's above the north 1-sigma line by a few miles. The centerline also goes across Quail Hollow Ranch in Zyante.
Alt=42, Az=269 in Gemini. 2 degrees above left of M35 star cluster, in foot of Castor.
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Kirk from Deerfield Drive, me from my usual Santa's Village site both in Scotts Valley, and Karl from home, all got recordings. We may have all had misses?
Clear skies, calm conditions, good stable seeing. The star did not look as bright as I thought it would, but it did look brighter than the C2A symbol showed, as a very red star should do. 1x looked too sketchy and a hit would be 12 integrations at 2x and so I chose 2x. Did not look like an event at the predicted time.