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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