TYC 2471-00540-1(mag11.2) by (624)Hektor on 2012 Apr. 18 **** Successful observations: Observer: Kunio Kenmotsu (JOIN:13632) Place: Soja, Okayama, Japan Long.: 133o 44' 52.6" E, Lat.: 34o 41' 40.3" N, Height: 53m (JGD2000=WGS84) Method: VCR, 20cm F9 Cass, x0.6Reducer, TGv-M(Slow shutter 32Fr) Time signal: GHS, TIVi Result: D 12h 35m 25.95s +/-0.53s R 12h 35m 33.43s +/-0.53s (TGv-M delay corrected) Observer: Hideki Yoshihara (JOIN:13633) 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-120N(Slow shutter 32Fr) Time signal: GHS, TIVi Result: D 12h 35m 25.74s R 12h 35m 33.21s (WAT-120N delay corrected) Note: Timing are low certainty due to TIVi's synchronizing might be not good. ** Negative observation: Observer: Hayato Watanabe (JOIN:13624) Place: Inabe, Mie, Japan Long.: 136o 33' 33.9" E, Lat.: 35o 07' 10.2" N, Height: 92m (JGD2000=WGS84) Method: VCR, 13cm F7.7 Refractor, WAT-120N(Slow shutter 16Fr) Time signal: GHS-OSD Observer: Minoru Owada (JOIN:13625) Place: Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan Long.: 137o 44' 23.0" E, Lat.: 34o 43' 07.0" N, Height: 17m (JGD2000=WGS84) Method: VCR, 25cm F12 Schmidt Cass, F9.3Reducer, WAT-120N(Slow shutter 8Fr) Time signal: GHS-OSD Observer: Miyoshi Ida (JOIN:13626) Place: Higashiomi, Shiga, Japan Long.: 136o 12' 24.7" E, Lat.: 35o 06' 05.6" N, Height: 140m (JGD2000=WGS84) Method: VCR, 28cm F10 Schmidt Cass, x0.6 Reducer,WAT-120N+(Slow shutter 64Fr) Time signal: GPS, Time Imposer Observer: Akira Asai (JOIN:13627) Place: Inabe, Mie, Japan Long.: 136o 31' 24.7" E, Lat.: 35o 10' 14.7" N, Height: 187m (JGD2000=WGS84) Method: VCR, 35.5cm F11 Schmidt Cass, F6.3 Reducer, 25mm eyepiece + 6mm CCTV lens, TGv-M (slow shutter 16Fr) Time signal: IOTA-VTI Observer: Kazuhisa Kageyama (JOIN:13628) Place: Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan Long.: 130o 45' 32.03" E, Lat.: 32o 48' 36.03" N, Height: 45m (JGD2000=WGS84) Method: VCR, 25cm F3.3 Newtonian, WAT-120N(Slow shutter 8Fr) Time signal: NTP(Sakura-tokei) Observer: AstroHA1 (JOIN:13634) (leaders & coachs) Yuzaburo Takamura, Hiroyuki Satake (students) 11 persons Ichinomiya High School: 2 Ogaki-Higashi High School: 9 Place: Long.: 136o 37' 05.3" E, Lat.: 35o 21' 10.7" N, Height: 19.6m (JGD2000=WGS84) Method: VCR, 10.6cm F5.3 Refractor, WAT-120N(Slow shutter 16Fr) Time signal: Observer: AstroHA2 (JOIN:13634) (leaders & coachs) Hiromi Funakoshi, Masaki Matsumoto (students) 6 persons Gizan High School: 3 Ichinomiya High School: 3 Place: Heartpia Anpachi Obs, Anpachi, Gifu, Japan Long.: 136o 39' 52" E, Lat.: 35o 20' 08" N, Height: 15m (JGD2000=WGS84) Method: VCR, 70cm F10 Cass, WAT-120N(Slow shutter 16Fr) Time signal: Observer: Ken'ichi Kasazumi (JOIN:13639) Place: Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan Long.: 135o 36' 43.5" E, Lat.: 34o 52' 17.2" N, Height: 85m (JGD2000=WGS84) Method: VCR, 30cm F5 Newtonian, WAT-120N+(Slow shutter 4Fr) Time signal: Watch