Ocean escort was HMS Ausonia (Captain G. Freyberg), in station between columns 4 and 5.
The remaining 11 ships of the Bermuda portion, plus 7 stragglers from the HX portion that had been picked up by BHX 107, joined the HX portion at 17:30 on Febr.
HMS Ausonia then returned to Halifax with arrival at 15:51 on Febr.
In the night of September 6/7, 2003 a faint 10.4 mag star PPMS 709674 will be occulted by a 108 km asteroid (63) Ausonia.
This update is based on USNO/Flagstaff and TMO astrometry for the asteroid and UCAC2 star position.
Close finding chart (prepared in GUIDE8): * occulted star is in center - labeled with cross * field is 3.0x3.0 degrees * limiting magnitude is 13.0 * labeled stars have indicated SAO numbers * remarks: Second chart shows 30' blowup to show correctly the star in field.
IOTA/IOTA-ES occultation update for (63) Ausonia / TYC 1921-02606-1 = SAO 79224 on October 14/15, 2004 visible from Ireland, Scotland, S Norway, mid-Sweden, Finland and N Russia Summary
In the night of October 14/15, 2004 a bright 9.6 mag star TYC 1921-02606-1 = SAO 79224 will be occulted by a 108 km asteroid (63) Ausonia.
This update is based on USNO/Flagstaff, TMO, CAMC and Bordeaux astrometry for the asteroid and UCAC2 star position.