Asteroid Occultation Summary Page for "Team Santa Cruz"

2023

Bright green = #1baa05 = positive occultation successfully recorded
Dark green  = #037E0E = Miss successfully recorded
Red              = #de0205 = equip or operator trouble/failures

Purple          = #A636F0 = Noble Effort: successful taping of proper field, but star just too faint for data, or clouded out at last minute
black            = default     = Either no attempt made, or partial attempt but clouded out before set up.

 

Local Date

Asteroid Combined magnitude  

RN's report date

R. Nolthenius K. Bender K. von Ahnen
--- Green/Red observation total for year ---   --- 64 /6 59/6 18/20
Jan 1 (7847) Mattiaorsi 8.0   1/14/23 0.6s positive 0.7s positive --no attempt--
Jan 17 (1542) Joensuu 12.7   1/19/23 4.9s positive 5.2s positive battery failure
Jan 17 (1326) Losaka 12.6   --- --no attempt-- occulted by tree --no attempt--
Jan 18 (950) Arensa 13.1   1/20/23 Miss --no attempt-- battery failure
Jan 19 (1245) Calvinia 12.2   1/21/23 3.30s positive 2.8s positive taping trouble
Jan 24 (906) Repsolda 13.1   1/28/23 10.1s positive 7.6s positive --no attempt--
Feb 5 (1655) Comas Sola 12.7   2/5/23 cloud out clouded out --cloud out--
Feb 8 (551) Ortrud 13.2   2/13/23 7.5s positive 7.5s positive Power, data trouble from Watec       
Feb 10 (779) Nina 12.2   2/12/23 Miss   Miss   power, data trouble Watec
Feb 19 (5434) Tomwhitney 11.0   2/23/23 1.3s positive 1.3s positive Miss  
Feb 21 (1693) Hertzsprung 13.6   2/23/23 2.0s positive Miss   --no attempt--
Feb 21 (3379) Oishi 10.6   --- RN wrote wrong coords              0.6s positive --my error prevented his observation--
Mar 2 (375) Ursula 12.4     Got data; failed FP test align, targeting trouble power, data trouble Watec
Mar 15 (2027) Shen Guo 13.8   -- targeting trouble Got data; failed FP test align, targeting trouble
Mar 15 (17754) 1998 DN8 12.6   3/16 Miss   Miss   Miss  
Mar 26 (449) Hamburga 13.5   3/31 2.0s positive 2.0s positive 4.8s positive
Apr 1 (1119) Eboea 8.2   4/2 --no attempt-- --no attempt-- Miss  
Apr 11 (219612) 2001 TX107 4.1     --clouded out-- Miss   align, targeting trouble
Apr 13 (604) Tekmessa 11.2   4/13 1.2s positive 1.0s positive Miss  
Apr 18 (251) Sophia 13.7   -- telescope drifted 0.9s positive Got data; failed FP test, fog trouble
Apr 27 (1241) Dysona 13.9   -- --no attempt-- --no attempt-- lost track of time, got on target too late
May 12 (15) Eunomia 10.1   yes 87s positive 83s positive --no attempt--
May 13 (5000) Quaoar 15.2   5/23? rings only, limiting opacity rings only, limiting opacity --no attempt--
May 19 (1587) Kahrstedt 13.0   5/22 Miss   --no attempt-- Miss  
June 4 (34 ) Circe 12.4   6/6 14s positive --no attempt-- --no attempt--
June 8 (16031 ) 1999FJ10 13.4   yes Partial Miss, late rec start   --no attempt-- --no attempt--
June 15 (110059) 2001-SK107 12.4   -- --no attempt-- --cloud out-- --no attempt--
June 19 Nantong 13.9   yes Miss   Miss   --no attempt--
June 19 Karolinum 12.7   yes Miss   Miss   --no attempt--
June 21 Hilda 10.9   6/27 12s positive positive --no attempt--
June 22 (5000) Weywot 16.2   yes Tested; too faint   Tested-too faint   --no attempt--
June 23 (15636) 2000-JD31 11.4   6/27 Miss   Miss   --no attempt--
June 24 (1128) Astrid 11.9   6/27 3s positive, but camcorder failed to record    3s positive --no attempt--
July 1 (983) Gunila 12.4   7/5 7.4s positive 7.7s positive 6.7s positive
July 5 (242) Kriemhild 13.5   -- Event probably in data, but too lost in noise to report   Fog came in   fog came in  
July 13 (203) Pompeja 12.5   not yet 11s positive 10s positive dirty tape heads, recording failed   
July 14 (2309) Mr.Spock 12.5   7/23 0.9 positive 0.9s positive --no attempt--
July 14 (94) Aurora 12.4   7/18 11s positive 11s positive --no attempt--
July 19 (11977 ) Leonrisoldi 12.8   7/26 Miss   Miss   --no attempt--
July 21 (20898) FountainHills 13.7   7/26 Miss   Miss   Not reduced yet but I suppose a Miss or Positive  
July 25 (1644 ) Rafita 14.4   7/27 Miss   Miss   --no attempt--
July 25 (128) Tolosa 11.8   7/27 2.4s positive 2s positive camcorder input plug not seated properly   
Aug 2 ( ) Keiss 13.5   -- --cloud out-- --no attempt-- --no attempt--
Aug 6 (709) Fringilla 13.5   8/830 12.4s positive 11.7s positive --no attempt--
Aug 7 (153) Hilda 12.4   8/8 28.7s positive 27.7s positive --no attempt--
Aug 8 (203) Pompeja 14.1   -- old tape, stretched, recording failed. Visually looked like a miss   Miss   --no attempt--
Aug 15 (255) Oppavia 13.1   8/17 Miss   Miss   --no attempt--
Aug 16 (643) Schehereszade 14.0   8/17 4s positive 4s positive --no attempt--
Aug 17 (1882) Rauma 14.6   8/18 Miss   --no attempt-- --no attempt--
Aug 26 (54) Alexandra 10.2   8/30 26.9s positive 27s positive Watec power cord not seated properly   
Aug 28 (2696) Magion 11.0   8/30 Miss   2s positive Miss  
Sep 11 (1214) Richilde 13.6   9/17 Miss   Miss   --no attempt--
Sep 18 (8292) 1992SU14 11.7   9/28 1.01s positive --no attempt-- Ran out of time, not able to get on-target   
Sep 27 (21930) 1999VP61 13.0   10/25 Miss   --no attempt-- --no attempt--
Oct 3 (5177) Hugowolf 10.9   11/11 --no attempt-- --no attempt-- 1s positive
Oct 7 (54) Alexandra 11.6   10/29 4.5s positive 1.5s positive Indeterminate, difficult event, good recording
Oct 8 (16785) 1997AL1 13.6   10/25 1.33s positive 1.5s positive Miss  sent 11/11/23
Oct 8 (6052) Junichi 11.3   11/10 1s positive 1s positive --no attempt--
Oct 15 (14426) Katotsuyoshi 11.4   10/20 1.39s positive 1.27s positive not reduced yet
Oct 23 (71727) 2000HB25 14.0   -- bright moon, Cabrillo lights, cirrus; too faint   bright moon, Cabrillo lights, cirrus; too faint   --no attempt--
Oct 28 (1436) Salonta 13.3   -- bright moon, too faint, fails FP test   bright moon, too faint   --no attempt--
Oct 30 (7685 ) 1997EP17 10.6   -- --no attempt-- --no attempt-- Ran out of time, not able to get on-target   
Oct 31 (5528) 1992AJ 10.9   -- OccBox battery low voltage - failed to power gear       Got data, not reduced yet --no attempt--
Nov 2 (5628) Preussen 12.5   11/3/23 0.72s positive 1.5s positive Saw short event, but camcorder failed to record, for unknown reasons   
Nov 8 (271) Penthesilea 12.6   11/10/23 7.6s positive 7s positive --no attempt--
Nov 11 (137127) 1999 CV22 11.2   11/11/23 Miss   Miss   Ran out of time, not familiar with zenith target procedure   
Nov 20 (33733) 1999 NU32 13.3   11/29/23 Miss   Miss   Entered wrong 8SE time, failed alignment  
Nov 20 (15694) 1985 RR3 12.7   11/29/23 0.48s positive 1.41s positive Miss  
Nov 20 Titania - Uranus moon 11.8   11/29/23 64.1s positive 64s positive 66s positive, R only was recorded
Nov 24 (34210) 2000 Q67 9.9   -- Too tough; 9 deg alt, over SF lights, headlights, haze   --no attempt-- --no attempt--
Nov 28 2013 LU28 14.7   -- Too tough; star too faint, bright moon did not permit long enough integration to record it   Miss   --no attempt--
Dec 4 (154) Bertha 12.3   12/12/23 13.4s positive 13.4s positive --no attempt--
Dec 10 (86239) 1999 TV18 10.7   12/14/23 0.38s positive camcorder Z85 failed to record   --no attempt--
Dec 10 (2675) Tolkein 11.1   12/13/23 1.21s positive camcorder Z85 failed to record   --no attempt--
Dec 13 (2326) Tololo 13.0   12/13/23 1.1s positive 1.1s positive positve iPhone recorded, ~1-2s
Dec 14 ( ) 1974 OU1 10.4   -- set up, cloud out at last minute --no attempt-- --no attempt--
Dec 16 (37266) 2000 XG18 11.0   12/17/23 0.61s positive Miss ~0.67s positive, IOTA rep 1/3/24
Dec 22 (41583) 2000 SP34 9.8     Miss   --no attempt-- --no attempt--
Dec 22 (3238) Timresovia 12.1   -- set up, cloud out at last minute --no attempt-- --no attempt--
Dec 23 (30500) 2000QC193 12.6   12/27/23 0.46s positive --no attempt-- Ran out of time, not able to get on-target