Copyright Tony George.

Tony has been observing occultations for about 20 years. His first recorded observation on the International Occultation Timing Association (IOTA) database occurs in 1994. He enjoys the hunt and the thrill of bagging a positive disappearance. He tries to observe every potential event in my area, yet at times the occurrence of events in the Pacific Northwest are few and far between. To keep his observing skills at a high level, He have taken up the practice of trying for even the very improbable occultations of the very small minor planets and asteroids down to 7 km in size. The paths for these asteroids are quite uncertain. They are so uncertain that anyone in a 200-300 km path width might be able to observe the event, yet the actual path is only 7 km wide! To see one of these events, you have to plan ahead and be very lucky!

Recorded at the 2008 Oregon Star Party.

Length: 22:06

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By Daniel Browning