2017 January 07 UT – (362) Havnia

Event Details

Sense-Up: 16x (or 8x if sky conditions are good and you can still reliably see target star) 
Event Details: IOTA Event Page for (362) Havnia
Of Date Coordinates: RA = 11:07:04 DEC = 16:33:13
J2000 Coordinates: RA = 11:06:10 DEC = 16:38:52

Note: This optional RECON campaign is best for communities from Arizona and Southern California up to Southern Oregon.

The Prediction Map for (362) Havnia below shows the anticipated path of this slow-moving occultation shadow, along with many of the details we typically provide on for official RECON campaigns. Teams should record for 2 minutes before and after the predicted shadow passes over your location. As the map shows, the shadow prediction for Yuma Arizona (on the US-Mexico border) is 06:54 UT — so Yuma should record from 06:52-06:56.

20170107_PredictionPage_Havnia

IOTA prediction page for 2017 January 07 event with (362) Havnia

Pre-Event Checklist

  1. Complete the RECON Campaign Signup Form for this event. Submissions are updated hourly on our Signup Status Page.
  2. Plug in your power supply and RECON laptop to make sure both are fully charged well in advance of the event.
  3. Print this page as well as the Event Detail Page above and practice finding field prior to event.

Feel free to contact the RECON leadership team anytime by emailing tnorecon-org@mailman.boulder.swri.edu.

Observation Protocol

See our Full Campaign Observation Protocol Page for details on files to save:

  1. Position Video
  2. Event Video
  3. Sky Field Video
  4. Dark Field Video

You should configure VirtualDub to save files sequentially by using “Set Capture File” to save as C:/Users/RECON/Data/YYYYMMDD/YYYYMMDD_01. You should record the filenames and information about each file using the RECON Observation Logsheet.

Star Training Sets

This list is for the Celestron telescopes (RECON standard), of-date coordinates:

Star training set for TYC 1430-00816-1, (2017/01/07 06:57UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:16.6 +11:53:00  1.3 14.76 113
68Del Leo      11:15:00.7 +20:25:49  2.6  4.31 125
70The Leo      11:15:07.9 +15:20:11  3.3  2.29 127
PPM 127939     11:04:59.0 +16:09:53  8.5  0.63 125
PPM 127957     11:06:14.3 +16:29:49  9.0  0.21 125
TYC 1430-00816 11:07:03.9 +16:33:20 12.2       125
Positions are for equinox of date

The list below is for Meade telescopes, J2000 coordinates:

Star training set for TYC 1430-00816-1, (2017/01/07 06:57UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:22.0 +11:58:02  1.3 14.76 113
68Del Leo      11:14:06.7 +20:31:23  2.6  4.31 125
70The Leo      11:14:14.3 +15:25:45  3.3  2.29 127
PPM 127939     11:04:05.0 +16:15:24  8.5  0.63 125
PPM 127957     11:05:20.4 +16:35:20  9.0  0.21 125
TYC 1430-00816 11:06:10.0 +16:38:52 12.2       125
Positions are for J2000

Finder Charts

Provided below is a finder chart at the time of event provided by Jerry Bardecker using Guide 9.0:

Starchart for 2017 January 07 event with (362) Havnia provided by Jerry Bardecker

Starchart for 2017 January 07 event with (362) Havnia provided by Jerry Bardecker

Image of Star Field

Post-Event Details

Regardless of whether your team was able to collect data, we need you to Report Your Observations. This includes completing the Campaign Observation Report Form (below), saving an electronic version of your log sheet, and uploading both videos and observation log to SwRI in Boulder.

We need all teams to complete the RECON Campaign Observation Report Form within one week of the event. To view reports from teams from throughout the network, check out the Event Reporting Status Page.

Go RECON and IOTA!