TYC 1310-02435-1 by Saturn's satellite Tethys on 2002 Dec. 15 Successful observations: Observer: Hiromi Hamanowa, Hiroko Hamanowa (JOIN:4591,4679) Place: Kooriyama, Fukushima, Japan Long.: 140o 26' 00.51" E, Lat.: 37o 27' 26.76" N, Height: 260m (Tokyo Datum) Long.: 140o 25' 48.41" E, Lat.: 37o 27' 37.72" N, (WGS84) Method: CCD Video, D=40cm, F4.5 Time signal: BPM Result(UTC): D 18:56:52.190 +/-0.03Fr R 18:57:31.323 +/-0.03Fr Observer: Mitsuru Kashiwagura (JOIN:4592) Place: Ooe, Yamagata, Japan Long.: 140o 08' 52.4" E, Lat.: 38o 22' 36.9" N, Height: 182m (Tokyo Datum) Long.: 140o 08' 40.25"E, Lat.: 38o 22' 47.47"N, (WGS84) Method: Video, WATEC 902H, 30cm Schmidt Cass. Time signal: GHS clock + TIVi Result(UTC): D begins 18:56:54.71 D ends 18:56:54.78 R begins 18:57:34.79 R ends 18:57:34.85 Observer: Hideo Takashima (JOIN:4594,4609) Place: Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan Long.: 139o 57' 22.62"E, Lat.: 35o 50' 36.71"N (Tokyo Datum) Long.: 139o 57' 10.9" E, Lat.: 35o 50' 48.3" N, Height: 39m (WGS84) Method: WAT-100N, CCD Video, D=21cm, F12 Time signal: GHS clock + TIVi Result(UTC): D 18:56:50.65 R 18:57:23.61 (There were many clouds) Observer: Akira Yaeza (JOIN:4595) Place: Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan Long.: 140o 38' 00.54"E, Lat.: 36o 32' 07.86"N, (Tokyo Datum) Long.: 140o 37' 48.50"E, Lat.: 36o 32' 19.22"N, Height: 20m (WGS84) Method: Visual, Celestron C8, 133x Time signal: Telephone Result(UTC): D 18:56:51.8 R 18:57:28.1 P.E. corrected Observer: Akie Hashimoto (JOIN:4601) Place: Chichibu, Saitama, Japan Long.: 139o 02' 11" E, Lat.: 35o 57' 53" N, Height: 355m (Tokyo Datum) Long.: 139o 01' 59.6"E,Lat.: 35o 58' 04.5" (WGS84) Method: Visual, 21cm Cass., 210x Time signal: Telephone, Stop Watch Result(UTC): D unknown R 18:57:27.79 Observer: Katsuhiko Kitazaki (JOIN:4605,4729) Place: Musashino, Tokyo, Japan Long.: 139o 33' 52.8" E, Lat.: 35o 42' 25.3" N, Height: 66m (Tokyo Datum) Long.: 139o 33' 41.2"E, Lat.: 35o 42' 46.9"N (WGS84) Method: Video, WAT-100N, 40cm, F10, Reducer (F5) Time signal: GHS Clock + TIVi Result(UTC): D begins 18:56:51.59 +/-0.03 D ends 18:56:51.62 +/-0.03 R 18:57:24.65 +/-0.06 Observer: Eisaku Katayama (JOIN:4623,4650) Place: Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan Long.: 139o 33' 33.8"E, Lat.: 35o 41' 41.3",Height:62m(Tokyo Datum) Long.: 139o 33' 22.2"E, Lat.: 35o 41' 52.9" (WGS84) Method: Video, II-CCD, Celestron C-14 (F11) Time signal: Result(UTC): D ends 18:56:52 +/- 0.3 R begins 18:57:25 +/- 0.3 (There were many clouds) Negative observations: Observer: Masayuki Uchiyama **** (addition 2004.1.4) Place: Owase, Mie, Japan Long.: 136o 11' 39" E, Lat.: 34o 04' 37" N, Height: 15m (JGD2000=WGS84) Method: VCR, 33cm F5 Newtonian, x2 Teleconverter, WAT-100N Time signal: TEL, TIVi