ASTEROIDAL OCCULTATION - REPORT FORM - EAON EUROPEAN ASTEROIDAL OCCULTATION NETWORK 1. DATE: 2007/09/10 STAR: TYC 0539-00499-1 ASTEROID: 654-Zelinda 2.OBSERVER Name: Kyriaki Tigani Phone: Address: 178 Ippocratous str, Athens Email: kyrtig@yahoo.gr 3.OBSERVING STATION Nearest city: Lamia, Greece Longitude: 22deg 22.9121' East Latitude: 38deg 57.0277' North Altitude: 668m Station : Tripple (Vagelis Tsamis, Dimitris Kapetanakis & Kyriaki Tigani) 4.TIMING OF EVENTS: Occultation recorded: POSITIVE Type of event: "S"tart observation; "I"nterrupt-"s"tart; "D"isappearance; "B"link; "F"lash; "E"nd observation; "I"nterrupt-"e"nd; "R"eappearance; "O"ther (specify) Personal Equation Substracted: Event Time (UT) P.E. Accuracy + Comments code: HH:MM:SS.ss S.ss S.ss S: 20:49:00 D: 20:51:21 +-0.4 R: 20:51:31 +-0.4 Duration 10.4 +-0.8seconds E: 20:52:00 5.TELESCOPE Type: TAL 2M 6" Newtonian tube Apperture: 150mm Magnification: 71X Mount: ATM homemade dobsonian Motor drive: no 6.TIMING & RECORDING Timekeeping: DCF-77 Radio Controlled Clock with alarm beeps (1 per second) Mode of recording: Tape Recorder (Olympus digital voice recorder) Device of recording: visual 7.OBSERVING CONDITIONS Atmospheric transparency: excellent Wind: none Star image stability: firm and crisp Temperature: 16 Celsius Minor Planet Visible: yes! 8.ADDITIONAL COMMENTS My first occultation! A magnifficent experience. I just measured the duration of the event! 10.4 seconds.