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Summary of asteroidal occultations for 2021 - 31 December 2021
General overview of my observations of asteroid occultations in 2021.
The occultation of a star by asteroid 2008 SP279 - 09 November 2021
This time I captured occultation of Jupiter Trojan. Probability was only 1.8%. And positive. Another occultation had probability over 98% and was negative. It is sometimes horrible. The occultation was with short reappearance the target in the middle of the occultations. According to Eric Frappa (thanks him for his help) it is asteroid with peanut shape and target star is a double star. So it was amazing.
The occultation of a star by asteroid 1995 YN - 25 November 2021
This time I captured very short asteroidal occultation. Computers was doing problems during all night. However, I am glad that I managed to again.
The occultation of a star by asteroid Arlon - 26 September 2021
After several unsuccessful attempts failed by clouds, one positive hit - asteroid Arlon.
Sunspots - 09 September 2021
After long time there are quite large sunspots on the Sun.
Mammatus clouds - 24 June 2021
Mammatus clouds are rare clouds creating in front of storm. The show in the sky.
The occultation of a star by asteroid Goethe Link - 16 June 2021
Another successful asteroidal occultation. The diameter of the asteroid is at least over 10 km.
The occultation of a star by asteroid 2000 AY101 - 14 June 2021
Annular Solar eclipse - 10 June 2021
Lovely weather, Sun eclipse – I love this combinations. I have captured a few shots for pleasure.
The occultation of a star by asteroid Artemis - 09 June 2021
The weather forecast was predicted clouds during the whole night but satellite images was saying something else. So I decided to try to observe. And it was worth it - next positive asteroidal occultation.
The occultation of a star by asteroid Elfriede - 17 January 2021
This day was fantastic. Sunny weather was the whole day and night. During the day I was inside winter nature doing cross-country skiing and at night I was observing asteroidal occultation.