TYC 4972-00415-1(mag11.4) by (279)Thule on 2008 Apr. 03

**** Successful observations:
Observer:    Hiroyuki Tomioka  (JOIN:10709)
Place:       Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan
Long.: 140o 41' 09" E, Lat.: 36o 38' 33" N, Height: 33m (JGD2000=WGS84)
Method:      VCR, 30cm Reflector, Watec EIA W100
Time signal: GHS, TIVi
Result:      D 11h 57m 57.90s
             R 11h 58m 01.37s
Note:  Reported by Tsutomu Hayamizu.

Observer:    Hideo Takashima   (JOIN:10689,10722)
Place:       Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
Long.: 139o 58' 07" E, Lat.: 35o 49' 53" N, Height: 28m (JGD2000=WGS84)
Method:      VCR, 20cm F2 Schmidt, WAT-120N(Slow shutter 8Fr).
Time signal: GHS, TIVi
Result:      D 11h 57m 56.13s +/-0.04s
             R 11h 58m 02.24s +/-0.04s
Note:  VCR analyzed by Tsutomu Hayamizu.

Observer:    Akira Tsuchikawa  (JOIN:10692)
Place: Mantenboshi-obs, Noto, Ishikawa, Japan
Long.: 137o 08' 13.4"E, Lat.: 37o 20' 04.1"N  Height: 200m  (JGD2000=WGS84)
Method:      VCR, 60cm F8 Reflector,  I.I., DV
Time signal: TEL
Result:      D 11h 58m 02.50s +/-0.03s
             R 11h 58m 10.09s +/-0.03s

Observer:    Hideyoshi Karasaki    (JOIN:10696)
Place:       Nerima-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Long.: 139o 40' 00.3" E, Lat.: 35o 44' 25.4" N, Height: 46m (JGD2000=WGS84)
Method:      VCR, 20.3cm Schmidt Cass + Reducer(f1460mm, F7.2), TGv-M(Slow shutter 16Fr)
Time signal: TEL, TIVi
Result:      D 11h 57m 58.6s +/-0.6s
             R 11h 57m 59.9s +/-0.6s
Note:        Certainty 5/5(sure of event)

Observer:    Kazuyuki Shinozaki  (JOIN:10709)
Place:       Takahagi, Ibaraki, Japan
Long.: 140o 40' 29.4" E, Lat.: 36o 42' 19.4" N, Height: 40m (JGD2000=WGS84)
Method:      Visual, 35cm F11 Schmidt Cass
Time signal: GPS, Time-recorder(setting manually)
Result:      DR Blink 11h 57m 57.3s
Note:        Certainty 4/5(possibly spurious a little)
Note:  Reported by Tsutomu Hayamizu.


** Negative observations:
Observer:    Hiromi Hamanowa, Hiroko Hamanowa  (JOIN:10690)
Place:       Hamanowa obs, Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan
Long.: 140o 25' 48.1" E, Lat.: 37o 27' 37.3" N, Height: 254m (JGD2000=WGS84)
Method:      VCR, 40cm F4.5 Newtonian, WAT-100N
Time signal: GHS,TIVi
Note:        Certainty 5/5(sure of event)

Observer:    Hikaru Sato  (JOIN:10694)
Place:       Fukushima, Fukushima, Japan
Long.: 140o 29' 25.3" E, Lat.: 37o 44' 35.9" N, Height: 90m (JGD2000=WGS84)
Method:      VCR, 16cm F3.3 Newtonian, WAT-100N
Time signal: GHS, TIVi

Observer:    Minoru Owada  (JOIN:10698)
Place:       Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
Long.: 137o 44' 06.0" E, Lat.: 34o 42' 02.5" N, Height: 8m (JGD2000=WGS84)
Method:      VCR, 10cm F4 Refractor, WAT-120N (Slow shutter 16Fr)
Time signal: GHS, TIVi

Observer:    Hisashi Suzuki   (JOIN:10700)
Place:       Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
Long.: 137o 42' 48.4" E, Lat.: 34o 45' 53.8" N, Height: 50m (JGD2000=WGS84)
Method:      VCR, 25cm F5 Refractor, WAT-100N
Time signal: GHS, TIVi

Observer:    Akira Asai   (JOIN:10702)
Place:       Inabe, Mie, Japan
Long.: 136o 31' 24.3" E, Lat.: 35o 10' 14.6" N, Height: 187m (JGD2000=WGS84)
Method:      VCR, 35.5cm F11 Schmidt Cass, 25mm eyepiece + 6mm CCTV lens, TGv-M (slow shutter 4Fr)
Time signal: GHS, TIVi

Observer:    Mamoru Urabe  (JOIN:10705)
Place:       Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan
Long.: 140o 06' 05" E, Lat.: 35o 06' 35" N, Height: 8m (JGD2000=WGS84)
Method:  VCR, 30cmF4 Newtonian, x0.6Reducer, WAT-100N
Time signal: TEL
Note:        Certainty 3/5(possibly spurious)
Note:  Reported by Tsutomu Hayamizu.