=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= От: David Dunham Кому: IOTAoccultations@yahoogroups.com Написано: 01 октября 2007 г., 00:43:07 Тема: [IOTAoccultations] Re: Pluto: news from La Reunion. --====----====----====----====----====----====----====----====----====----===-- Jean, Thanks for this, I'm glad that the IAU 182 team had good conditions, and that Les Makes Observatory was able to observe part of the time that can be used for confirmation of any fadings of the star that may have been recorded at IAU 182 at those times. We look forward to a Limovie or equivalent analysis of the observations, since La Reunion was likely the place closest to Pluto where observations could be obtained for this event. David At 09:02 AM 9/30/2007, Jean Lecacheux wrote: >David, > >Two stations attempted to videotape the Sep.27 Pluto appulse >from La Reunion island ( ~ S21.1, E55.3) : > >-Les Makes observatory, with a 80 mm refractor and a Watec 120N+ > integrating camera (0.64s = 16 frames), plus Kiwi time inserter > and GPS. They suffered many clouds and totalized, they said, > only 41 mn of passable visibility of the field between 15h and > 17h UT. > >-Another team from the IAU182 station, with a Meade 12", a PC-23C > camera (defocused) and a frame grabber. The time of the computer > was adjusted every 3 seconds thanks to an '1PPS' GPS. > The sky was clear (2 mini-DV cassettes recorded). > >I am waiting for the tapes from both teams. > >Regards. > >J.Lecacheux.