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Next IOTA Meeting: 2011 July 16-17 Rocklin, California

Join us for the IOTA meeting on July 16-17 in Rocklin, California to observe the occultation of ZC 3339 by the binary asteroid (90) Antiope on July 19th. Explore the detailed path of the occultation across the western USA and discover the observing sites near Hwy 99 from Sacramento to Red Bluff. Don't miss this rare event happening 8 years after our successful observation in 2003.

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Next IOTA Meeting: 2011 July 16-17 Rocklin, California

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  1. Next IOTA Meeting:2011 July 16-17Rocklin, California David Dunham, IOTA dunham@starpower.net David Kenyon, Sierra College dkenyon@sierracollege.edu

  2. Occultation of ZC 3339 by the binary asteroid (90) Antiope, 2011 July 19 morning

  3. 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

  4. 2011 July 19th Antiope occultation path in more detail across n.e. Calif. & n.w. Nevada Hwy 139 Hwy 299  Canby  Surprise Valley Rd Gerlach Empire Hwy 89 Old Station  Hwy 44 Hwy 447 Hwy 99 Hwy 99 Sierra College IOTA meeting site 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.

  5. 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

  6. Sierra College, Rocklin, Calif.  IOTA meeting  Good motel DD’s 50th H.S.  reunion was here Aug. 28, 2010 N. Sunrise Av

  7. Sierra College, Rocklin, Calif.  The yellow arrow marks the building (I think; if not, nearby) where we met in in July 2003. The Antiope occultation will occur almost exactly 8 years after our highly successful observations of the occultation of another 6th-mag. star by (1263) Varsavia on 2003 July 18 in California before the 2003 meeting.

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