Example of a reduced light curve with the resulting model fit (as described in Sect. 4). Asteroid (41) Daphne occulted a V ~9.3 star on March 2, 2017. From the fit (red curve), the measured occultation duration was 18.8 ± 0.2 s, and the drop 63% of the original flux, or 1.08 ± 0.01 magnitudes. Data points of the flux outside the occultation extend beyond the plotted range on both sides, which contributed to the calculation of the combined flux.