Occultation of iota Cancri by (411) Xanthe April 18 UT by Don Luftus - New 2007 April 18, 22h UT

From: Bill Helms [bill.helms@wildblue.net]
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 12:09 AM
To: cohen@astro.ufl.edu
Subject: Iota Cancri Occultation Very Preliminary Observing Report

2313 EDT 17 April 2007
Weather clear with very slight clouds, Temperature 6 deg. F.  Seeing 
and transparency adequate 
Observer:  Bill Helms, Alachua Astronomy Club
Equipment:  Celestron 8 inch SCT with PanOptic 35 mm eyepiece
Location:  Suwannee River Regional Library, Live Oak, FL,  1.45 
miles south of U. S. Highway 90 on Highway 349, 0.73 miles South of 
predicted path center Lat = 30.276281, Lon = -82.988127 (using 
http://www.poyntsource.com/New/Google/20070418_8470.HTM
to determine location coordinates) 
Occultation Ingress:  20:55:59.0 EDT adjusted 
for personal equation estimate of 0.5 seconds 
Occultation Egress:  20:56:06.5 EDT adjusted for personal equation 
estimate of 0.5 seconds 
Duration:  Approximately 8.1 Seconds 
Comments:  Iota Cancri acquired with difficulty less than one minute 
prior to event, but successfully tracked throughout duration.  All 
data is subject to further analysis and revision. 

Bill Helms