TYC 2908-00997-1 by (925)Alphonsina on Dec. 15 (reported to David 2003 Dec. 25) Successful observations: Observer: Hideto Fukui (JOIN:6054,6115) Place: Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan Long.: 135o 48' 56" E, Lat.: 34o 57' 42" N, Height: 35m (JGD2000=WGS84) Method: VCR, 20cm F4 Reflector, x0.6 Reducer, WAT-100N. Time signal: TEL, TIVi Result(UTC): D 15h59m13.75s +/-0.03s R 15h59m19.16s +/-0.03s Timing measured by Tsutomu Hayamizu Observer: Hideo Takashima (JOIN:6055) Place: Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan Long.: 139o 57' 10.9" E, Lat.: 35o 50' 48.3" N, Height: 39m (JGD2000=WGS84) Method: VCR, 20cm F2 Schmidt, WAT-100N. Time signal: GHS, TIVi Result(UTC): D 15h58m46.09s +/-0.03s R 15h58m51.53s +/-0.03s Observer: Hideki Yoshihara (JOIN:6061,6115,6116)**** (revision 2003.12.28) Place: Soja, Okayama, Japan Long.: 133o 38' 34.5" E, Lat.: 34o 39' 46.6" N, Height: 55m (JGD2000=WGS84) Method: VCR, 20cm F8 Reflector, WAT-100N. Time signal: TEL, TIVi Result(UTC): D 15h59m28.02s +/-0.03s R 15h59m33.53s +/-0.03s Timing measured by Tsutomu Hayamizu Observer: Katsuhiko Kitazaki (JOIN:6053,6062) Place: Musashino, Tokyo, Japan Long.: 139o 33' 41.2" E, Lat.: 35o 42' 36.9" N, Height: 66m (JGD2000=WGS84) Method: VCR, 40cm F10.1 Cass, x0.5Reducer, WAT-100N. Time signal: GHS, TIVi Result(UTC): D 15h58m48.70s +/-0.01s R 15h58m54.39s +/-0.01s Observer: Shigeo Uchiyama (JOIN:6064) Place: Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan Long.: 139o 59' 27.00" E, Lat.: 35o 54' 25.20" N, Height: 7m (JGD2000=WGS84) Method: VCR, 16cm F3.3 Newtonian, WAT-100N. Time signal: GHS, TIVi Result(UTC): D 15h58m45.72s +/-0.03s R 15h58m51.03s +0.23 -0.03s Observer: Yasukazu Ikari (JOIN:6066) Place: Moriyama, Shiga, Japan Long.: 135o 59' 24.2" E, Lat.: 35o 02' 58.6" N, Height: 101m (JGD2000=WGS84) Method: Cooled CCD, 25cm F6.3 Schmidt Cass. Time signal: Result(UTC) measured by observer: D 15h59m12.3s -0s +0.5s R 15h59m17.1s -0s +0.5s Result(UTC) measured by John Broughton (forward from David Herald): D 15h59m11.66s R 15h59m17.28s Durarion 5.62s +/-0.12s Note: Reported by Miyoshi Ida. Observer: Masatoshi Hagiwara, Tomofumi Okamura, Yoshitaka Fujiwara (JOIN:6271) **** (addition 2004.1.15) Place: The University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Tokyo, Japan Long.: 139o 32' 37"+/-1" E, Lat.: 35o 39' 28"+/-1" N, Height: 80.5m +/-0.5m (JGD2000=WGS84) Method: VCR, 28cm F10 Schmidt Cass, x0.63 Reducer, TGV-M(2frame=0.07sec long shutter). Time signal: GHS, TIVi Result(UTC): D 15h58m48.95s +/-0.08s R 15h58m54.49s +/-0.08s Negative observations: Observer: Akira Yaeza (JOIN:6056) Place: Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan Long.: 140o 36' 11" E, Lat.: 36o 31' 30" N, Height: 220m (JGD2000=WGS84) Method: Visual, 20cm Schmidt Cass, x133. Time signal: TEL. Observer: Koji Maeda (JOIN:6058) Place: Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan Long.: 131o 25' 25" E, Lat.: 31o 49' 37" N, Height: m (JGD2000=WGS84) Method: VCR, 400mm Camera lens, I.I. Time signal: Observer: Akie Hashimoto (JOIN:6060) Place: Chichibu, Saitama, Japan Long.: 139o 01' 59.6" E, Lat.: 35o 58' 04.5" N, Height: 355m (JGD2000=WGS84) Method: Visual, 18cm Newtonian. Time signal: Observer: Mamoru Urabe (JOIN:6073) Place: Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan Long.: 140o 06' 04.3" E, Lat.: 35o 06' 35.0" N, Height: 8m (JGD2000=WGS84) Method: VCR, 21cm Newtonian, WAT-100N. Time signal: Reported by Tsutomu Hayamizu.