next iota meeting: 2011 july 16-17 rocklin, california david dunham, iota [email protected] david...
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Next IOTA Meeting:2011 July 16-17
Rocklin, California
David Dunham, IOTA
David Kenyon, Sierra College
Occultation of ZC 3339 by the binary asteroid (90) Antiope, 2011 July 19 morning
2011 July 19th Antiope occultation path in more detail across the western USA
Need to cover between the 2 gray lines 200 km apart to observe both 85-km components, + errors
2011 July 19th Antiope occultation path in more detail across n.e. Calif. & n.w. Nevada
Hwy 299
SurpriseValley
Rd
GerlachEmpire
Hwy447
Canby
Hwy139
Old Station Hwy 44
Hwy 89
Hwy99
Hwy99
Observing sites can be near Hwy 99 from Sacramento to Red Bluff, & n. and s. of those cities. Very rarely, fog from S.F. Bay reaches Sac’to; if so, use sites near US 395, Reno to Susanville, & Hwy 44 & 89 to n. of Burney.
Sierra College IOTA meeting site
Approximate 2011 July Schedule• Times are Pacific Daylight (add 7h for UT)• Sat. 16th 11am IOTA business meeting• Sat. 16th 2pm IOTA technical session• Sat. 16th 6pm+ adjourn• Sun. 17th 9am – 6pm technical sessions• Mon. 18th 9am – noon technical sessions, if
needed; planning for Antiope occultation• Mon. 18th afternoon planning &/or travel for
Antiope • Tues. 19th 3:25am Antiope occultation
Sierra College, Rocklin, Calif.
IOTA
meeting
Goodmotel
DD’s 50th H.S. reunionwas hereAug. 28, 2010
N. Sunris
e Av
Sierra College, Rocklin, Calif.
The yellow arrow marks the building (I think; if not, nearby) where we met inin July 2003. The Antiope occultation will occur almost exactly 8 years afterour highly successful observations of the occultation of another 6th-mag.star by (1263) Varsavia on 2003 July 18 in California before the 2003 meeting.