Observation by Tim Haymes: Graze Occultation of SAO 79805

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Tim Haymes

Observer

Tim Haymes

Observed

2020 Nov 06 - 23:58

Uploaded

2020 Nov 07 - 15:39

Objects

The Moon
Conjunction

Equipment

203mm F4 (Mobile)
WAT-910HX video camera
GPS time inserter
Digital tape recorder

Exposure

25 fps

Location

near South Leigh, Oxfordshire

Target name

Moon

Title

Graze Occultation of SAO 79805

About this image

This mobile telescope observation was based on predictions in the BAAH. The location ( a 20min drive) was refined using GRAZPREP software (E Riedel). I was 860m inside the mean limb limit and 12 contacts were predicted (12 observed). Cloud cover was slow to disperse but i was on station waiting. It cleared 5 min before the graze commenced. The image shows the observed time points (in red and green) displayed against the limb plot produced by Occult4 (D Herald). There is good agreement.

There is a YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/50Dh-TJXlYc

The stars are out of focus due to limited time to prepare, but this has not effected the timings. A report will appear in the Lunar Section Circular

Files associated with this observation

Occult limb plot_squash.JPG (296.9 kB)

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