This is a low probability / high value event. The main path is across Canada. A large dark TNO asteroid, and TNO asteroids are seen to have higher probabilities of having moons. Even a small moon should provide a long event. Also, the RUWE is a very large 12 and therefore the path is uncertain and may well be due to close duplicity - so "two" chances to have a moon occultation. It's at the end of Astro 8A, but it's also at altitude only 19 degrees in Auriga. That may clear the horizon for the 12" scope, or not. I would plan to try it from nearby access road at the Horticulture Center, looking northeast. Or else the upper parking structure on the east side.
Skies are predicted to be clear
Alt=19, Az=57 at 20 min before event, more like 58 deg at event time.
RA [on date]: 07h 28m 29s.9366
Dec [on date]: +35° 28' 40".487
RA [J2000]: 07h 26m 42s.0112
Dec [J2000]: +35° 32' 01".295
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I set up two 8SE scopes on the top level of the parking structure on the east side of Cabrillo campus, with good views to the north east. I got the OccBox 4 telescope on target first, then back to my own scope and started recording after getting on target efficiently. I was surprised that the S/N looked better on the f/6.3 OccBox4 scope at 16x, than it did at 32x on my own scope with f/3.3. The star looked too faint at 16x and so I bumped to 32x. I'm not sure why..... darker sky at f/6.3? star spread over more pixels in f/6.3 against darker sky? Cleaner optics too, perhaps. That scope has been very rarely used and the corrector plate is spotless.
I didn't have my eye on the recording 100% of the time, but I did not see any occultations when I was watching. The f/6.3 scope, when I walked over to it after shutting down my own, was frozen. Did it run out of space? If so, when? I don't know yet. I cleared 15 files out of the 'recycle bin' before starting the recording. I was in too much of a rush to check how much empty space was on this "RN2" Lenovo occultation laptop.
I did a 'dark' video on my own scope, but did not attempt on the RN2 set up since I feared the space wasn't there to take it, and didn't want to compromise the existing recording.
The point of having two recordings was for confirmation in case some intriguing secondary occultations occurred. My guess is I had a miss for both. I also note, that the parking structure is NOT a good place for doing occultations because any cars driving in or out, even if 100's of feet away or a different level - cause obvious vibration in the stars. Vibrations so strong as to ruin reductions. This did happen for some seconds before the event prime time. I recorded for a long time, about 15 minutes.
Got a recording from up Empire Grade in darker skies