The RECON Project will be conducting the first TNO occultation campaign for the 2017-18 school year this evening. Centaur 01SQ73 will be occulting a magnitude 11.2 star on November 19 at 09:02 UT. For RECON teams, most will start recording 08:49 UT (that’s 12:49AM PST / 1:49AM MST this Sunday morning, November 19). You can check out the Event Detail Page for 01SQ73 for local recording windows.
Weather across the network is not perfect but much better than many of last year’s events! Team members can check out local sky forecasts on our Sky Conditions Page. Because the target star is reasonably bright, team members can also increase sense-up to get a better signal through partial clouds if needed.
Good luck to all of our RECON teams tonight.
Clear Sky Clock forecast map for 2017/11/19 at 9UT
Did a practice run last night and power from the generator went out. Fortunately I could tell it was from a burnt out fuse and was able to change it. Got onto the field easily last night. Good luck everyone.