This is a high rank event wide enough to include all of Santa Cruz and Carbonera, but misses Karl and Aptos hills. It's do-able for Kirk and I from home, and Bernard. Worth trying for Jordan too, but she's a few mile above the predicted shadow limit.
Alt=21, Az=136 in SE, in Libra, 18 degrees above the newly risen gibbous moon.
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I set up for this one from my place near the stairs. The target was just over the neighboring house. Some clouds threatened early and I wondered if I should try to retreat to higher ground, but decided to stay. It worked out OK. I visually thought I saw a short event on-screen.
But, reductions showed a miss. I exposed at 16x. There would be 3 consecutive dots at about zero, to be a max occultation. I saw none. The target was faint, but the conclusion looks confident. Kirk had a good long 0.5s positive from not far away. I'm surprised to have gotten a miss.
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I got a distinct 0.5339s event for 2000 UE78, April 6, 16x from home. There were thin clouds and it was over the city lights, otherwise I probably could have used less integration.
This was less than the predicted 0.91s max, and I wasn't far from the centerline.
PyOTE NIE sigma distance = 34.6.
magDrop report: percentDrop: 100.0 (magDrop cannot be calculated because A is negative)
DNR: 4.10
D time: [07:08:47.4475]
D: 0.6800 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0306} seconds
D: 0.9500 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0830} seconds
D: 0.9973 containment intervals: {+/- 0.1608} seconds
R time: [07:08:47.9814]
R: 0.6800 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0306} seconds
R: 0.9500 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0830} seconds
R: 0.9973 containment intervals: {+/- 0.1608} seconds
Duration (R - D): 0.5339 seconds
Duration: 0.6800 containment intervals: {+/- 0.0460} seconds
Duration: 0.9500 containment intervals: {+/- 0.1052} seconds
Duration: 0.9973 containment intervals: {+/- 0.1803} seconds
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