Summary of the Occultation of SAO 108610 by 25 Phocaea

October 3, 2006
00:52:08.90 UT  (first event)

October 2, 2006 at 8:52:08.90 EDT

Latitude:  43 d   00 m   24.0 s   North
Longitude:  77 d   07 m   06.0 s   West
Altitude:  144 m

+ 51 km from the predicted path

Newark, New York
10" LX200GPS at f/6.3 using PC164 gain modified video camera
Recorded by Brad Timerson

Predicted path of occultation from Steve Preston
Approximate observatory location shown just below Lake Ontario to the west of the predicted path.



Here is a low-resolution video clip of the event.  (670 kb)
  The video starts a few seconds before the WWV time signal at 00:52:00 UT, which can just be heard.
First disappearance occurs nearly 9 seconds after that time signal.
Watch as the star/asteroid combination dim to the magnitude of the asteroid only.
Then the star reappears, disappears, and reappears in rapid succession.
This looks like a GRAZING occultation of an asteroid!