Pallas to occult TYC 5240-00433-1 on October 12th / evening

Invitation to observe.

Bright events are uncommon, so this is worth looking out for if you are anywhere in S, SE, E, NE, England.
The event is not without its little challenges though. As the asteroid moves in on the star, the combined magnitude before occultation is 8.4, and when the star is covered the asteroid will be at mag 9.1.  So the drop in brightness is 0.7.  This may or may not be seen by eye.  I have replayed videos of other events with this drop, and 0.7 can be seen, but its a different matter when the eye is looking through an eyepiece.

To record what is seen, an observer could use a mobile phone voice recorder and an accurate watch to make time announcements at start and end of the recording. I welcome any visual observation reports.

I would also like to see some videos. If the video frames have accurate time stamps  ( UT +/- 0.1sec), then so much the better.  (The recording software should allow the PC time to be overlayed on the frames.)

The prediction is made by IOTA:   https://www.asteroidoccultation.com/2021_10/1012_2_71480.htm
Star RA/DEC:  22 49 07 -7 07 55 (2000) is due South in Aquarius.

The time to observe is from  2138 to 2140 UT In England, and the duration is up to 37 seconds centered on 2139 UT – all being well with the prediction. The uncertainty is small in this case,  +/- 3 sec. 

Readers on mainland Europe will also have an opportunity (Portugal, Spain, France).

Good luck, and I hope the weather is favourable for you.

Tim