Observation by Philip Denyer: (156) Xanthippe occults UCAC4-409-131091...

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Philip Denyer

Observer

Philip Denyer

Observed

2018 Oct 29 - 19:19

Uploaded

2018 Nov 02 - 18:51

Objects

Conjunction

Equipment

Celestron 9.25
Watec 910HX/RC camera
Blackbox gps time inserter
Recorded onto laptop

Location

Hornchurch, London, UK

Target name

(156) Xanthippe

Title

(156) Xanthippe occults UCAC4-409-131091

About this image

A fortunate gap of clear sky enabled me to monitor this occultation, my second positive result for this year. The mag 12 star was only 28 degrees alt to the south with medium transparency, however the camera done a good job for me to achieve a good signal to noise ratio for the resulting light curve. An additional bonus was being able to see the asteroid on the laptop monitor slowly approach the target star until they merged. A few minutes later the target star `disappeared` for almost six seconds.

Files associated with this observation

P.Denyer (156) Xanthippe.png (51.0 kB)

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