ASTEROIDAL OCCULTATION - REPORT FORM +------------------------------+ +------------------------------+ | EAON | | IOTA/ES | | | | INTERNATIONAL OCULTATION | | EUROPEAN ASTEROIDAL | | TIMING ASSOCIATION | | OCCULTATION NETWORK | | EUROPEAN SECTION | +------------------------------+ +------------------------------+ 1 DATE: 2002/10/23 STAR: TYC 1183-00030-1 ASTEROID: Polonia N°: 1112 2 OBSERVER: Name: Eric FRAPPA Abbr: FRP Phone: - E-mail: frappa@euraster.net Address: 1 bis, cours Jovin Bouchard 42000 ST-ETIENNE, FRANCE 3 OBSERVING STATION: Nearest city: Valprivas (43 - France) Latitude: N 45 19 51.6 (WGS84) Longitude: E 04 03 08.2 (WGS84) Altitude: 872 m (MSL) (all with a GPS Garmin 12) Single station +----------------------------------+ 4 TIMING OF EVENTS: | | | OCCULTATION RECORDED: POSITIVE | | | +----------------------------------+ Type of event Start observation Interrupt-start Disappearance Blink Flash End observation Jnterrupt-end Reappearance Other (specify) (Personal Equation substracted) Comments Event Time (UT) P.E. Acc. Code HH MM SS.ss S.ss S.ss S - 22 44 30 - - : D - 22 48 37.67 - 0.70 - 0.21 : R - 22 48 40.52 - 0.40 - 0.11 : E - 22 53 10 - - : Duration : 2.85 +/- 0.22 s Mid-event : 22 48 39.1 Was your reaction time applied to the above timings? YES 5 TELESCOPE: Type: BINOCULARS Aperture: 100 mm Magnification: 37x Mount: AZIMUTHAL Motor drive: NO 6 TIMING & RECORDING: Timekeeping: "Horloge Parlante" (time signal from Paris Observatory by public phone) Mode of recording : Stopwatch Device of recording : Visual 7 OBSERVING CONDITIONS: Atmospheric transparency: GOOD Wind: NO Temperature: 5°C Star image stability: GOOD Minor planet visible: NO 8 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Uncomfortable observation due to the faint star and a 94% moon at 48 deg. Disappearance surprised me, reappearance was clear.