15 Jan Graze of SAO 138203
PREDICTED PROFILE
LIMIT LINE PREDICTIONS
Grazing Occultation of 138203 F0 Magnitude 8.1 [Red = 8.0]
Date: 2009 Jan 15 8h 50m, to 2009 Jan 15 9h 1m
Nominal site altitude 250m
E. Longit. Latitude U.T. Sun Moon TanZ PA AA CA
o ' " o ' " h m s Alt Alt Az o o o
- 97 0 0 41 50 7 8 50 15 43 150 1.07 218.3 196.16 12.41S
- 96 45 0 41 41 2 8 50 43 43 151 1.06 218.3 196.23 12.48S
- 96 30 0 41 31 52 8 51 12 44 151 1.05 218.4 196.30 12.55S
- 96 15 0 41 22 38 8 51 41 44 152 1.04 218.5 196.37 12.63S
- 96 0 0 41 13 19 8 52 11 44 152 1.03 218.6 196.44 12.70S
- 95 45 0 41 3 54 8 52 40 44 152 1.02 218.6 196.52 12.77S
- 95 30 0 40 54 25 8 53 10 45 153 1.01 218.7 196.59 12.84S
- 95 15 0 40 44 51 8 53 41 45 153 1.00 218.8 196.66 12.91S
- 95 0 0 40 35 12 8 54 11 45 154 0.99 218.8 196.73 12.98S
- 94 45 0 40 25 28 8 54 43 46 154 0.98 218.9 196.80 13.05S
- 94 30 0 40 15 39 8 55 14 46 155 0.97 219.0 196.87 13.12S
- 94 15 0 40 5 45 8 55 46 46 155 0.96 219.1 196.94 13.19S
- 94 0 0 39 55 45 8 56 18 46 156 0.95 219.1 197.01 13.26S
- 93 45 0 39 45 41 8 56 50 47 156 0.94 219.2 197.08 13.33S
- 93 30 0 39 35 31 8 57 23 47 156 0.93 219.3 197.15 13.40S
- 93 15 0 39 25 16 8 57 56 47 157 0.93 219.3 197.22 13.47S
- 93 0 0 39 14 55 8 58 29 47 157 0.92 219.4 197.29 13.55S
- 92 45 0 39 4 30 8 59 3 48 158 0.91 219.5 197.36 13.62S
- 92 30 0 38 53 59 8 59 37 48 158 0.90 219.6 197.44 13.69S
- 92 15 0 38 43 23 9 0 11 48 159 0.89 219.6 197.51 13.76S
- 92 0 0 38 32 41 9 0 46 49 159 0.88 219.7 197.58 13.83S
Path coordinates are referred to WGS84 (as used by GPS), with the
nominal site altitude being referenced to Mean Sea Level.
Librations Long +7.64 Lat +5.15
P +197.46 D +2.97
Illumination of moon 77%-
Elongation of Moon 122
Vertical Profile Scale 2.12 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
Horizontal Scale Factor 1.49 deg/min
At longitude -94.50:
Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in cm)
CA\Tdia 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
9.1 5.6 7.0 7.8 8.3 8.7 8.9 9.1
11.1 5.6 7.0 7.8 8.3 8.7 8.9 9.1
13.1 5.6 7.0 7.8 8.3 8.7 8.9 9.1
15.1 5.6 7.1 7.8 8.4 8.7 9.0 9.1
17.1 5.6 7.1 7.9 8.4 8.7 9.0 9.2
Results of Observer Scan UT
Site Long. Lat. Dist. h m s
Blue Springs -94.3 39.0 95km 8 55 34
Warrensburg Missouri -93.8 38.8 79km 8 56 48
Deepwater MO -93.7 38.2 131km 8 56 51
Hal -80.6 28.2 51km 9 33 40
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