16 March Graze of SAO 183789
PREDICTED PROFILE
LIMIT LINE PREDICTIONS
Grazing Occultation of 183789 A2 Magnitude 7.8 [Red = 7.7]
Date: 2009 Mar 16 9h 41m, to 2009 Mar 16 9h 51m
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 39 5 29 9 41 6 24 166 2.27 199.6 186.46 4.49S
- 96 45 0 38 54 36 9 41 34 24 166 2.24 199.6 186.43 4.46S
- 96 30 0 38 43 47 9 42 2 24 166 2.22 199.6 186.40 4.43S
- 96 15 0 38 33 1 9 42 30 25 167 2.19 199.6 186.37 4.39S
- 96 0 0 38 22 18 9 42 59 25 167 2.17 199.5 186.34 4.36S
- 95 45 0 38 11 38 9 43 27 25 167 2.15 199.5 186.30 4.32S
- 95 30 0 38 1 2 9 43 56 25 168 2.12 199.5 186.27 4.29S
- 95 15 0 37 50 30 9 44 26 25 168 2.10 199.4 186.23 4.25S
- 95 0 0 37 40 2 9 44 56 26 168 2.08 199.4 186.19 4.21S
- 94 45 0 37 29 38 9 45 25 26 169 2.06 199.3 186.15 4.17S
- 94 30 0 37 19 17 9 45 56 26 169 2.04 199.3 186.10 4.12S
- 94 15 0 37 9 1 9 46 26 26 169 2.02 199.2 186.06 4.08S
- 94 0 0 36 58 49 9 46 57 27 170 2.00 199.2 186.01 4.03S
- 93 45 0 36 48 42 9 47 28 27 170 1.98 199.1 185.96 3.98S
- 93 30 0 36 38 39 9 47 59 27 171 1.96 199.1 185.91 3.93S
- 93 15 0 36 28 40 9 48 31 27 171 1.94 199.0 185.86 3.88S
- 93 0 0 36 18 46 9 49 3 27 171 1.93 199.0 185.81 3.83S
- 92 45 0 36 8 58 9 49 35 28 172 1.91 198.9 185.75 3.77S
- 92 30 0 35 59 14 9 50 7 28 172 1.89 198.9 185.69 3.71S
- 92 15 0 35 49 35 9 50 40 28 172 1.88 198.8 185.63 3.65S
- 92 0 0 35 40 1 9 51 12 28 173 1.86 198.8 185.57 3.59S
Path coordinates are referred to WGS84 (as used by GPS), with the
nominal site altitude being referenced to Mean Sea Level.
Librations Long +4.45 Lat +6.94
P +186.69 D +6.68
Illumination of moon 71%-
Elongation of Moon 115
Vertical Profile Scale 3.42 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
Horizontal Scale Factor 1.26 deg/min
At longitude -94.50:
Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in cm)
CA\Tdia 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
0.1 2.7 4.1 4.8 5.2 5.4 5.6 5.7
2.1 4.3 5.7 6.5 6.9 7.2 7.4 7.5
4.1 4.5 5.9 6.6 7.1 7.4 7.6 7.7
6.1 5.0 6.5 7.2 7.6 7.9 8.1 8.3
8.1 5.3 6.7 7.5 7.9 8.2 8.5 8.6
Results of Observer Scan UT
Site Long. Lat. Dist. h m s
Warrensburg Missouri -93.8 38.8 169km 9 47 26
Deepwater MO -93.7 38.2 118km 9 47 29
Return to the
Prediction List
Return to the
Front Page