26 June Graze of ZC 1399


PREDICTED PROFILE


LIMIT LINE PREDICTIONS
Grazing Occultation of    1399 G5      Magnitude 6.9 [Red = 6.3]   
Date: 2009 Jun 26  3h  9m,  to  2009 Jun 26  3h 12m

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   37 21 14   3  8 52       13 275  4.18  28.2  11.29   7.28N
- 96 45  0   37 14  5   3  9  5       13 276  4.26  28.1  11.25   7.24N
- 96 30  0   37  7  1   3  9 17       13 276  4.35  28.1  11.21   7.20N
- 96 15  0   37  0  2   3  9 29       13 276  4.44  28.1  11.17   7.16N
- 96  0  0   36 53  8   3  9 41       12 276  4.53  28.0  11.13   7.12N
- 95 45  0   36 46 19   3  9 53       12 276  4.62  28.0  11.09   7.08N
- 95 30  0   36 39 35   3 10  4       12 277  4.72  27.9  11.05   7.04N
- 95 15  0   36 32 55   3 10 15       12 277  4.83  27.9  11.01   7.00N
- 95  0  0   36 26 21   3 10 26       11 277  4.93  27.9  10.97   6.96N
- 94 45  0   36 19 51   3 10 37       11 277  5.05  27.8  10.93   6.92N
- 94 30  0   36 13 26   3 10 47       11 277  5.16  27.8  10.89   6.89N
- 94 15  0   36  7  5   3 10 57       11 278  5.29  27.7  10.85   6.85N
- 94  0  0   36  0 50   3 11  7       10 278  5.41  27.7  10.81   6.81N
- 93 45  0   35 54 39   3 11 17       10 278  5.55  27.7  10.77   6.77N
- 93 30  0   35 48 32   3 11 26       10 278  5.69  27.6  10.74   6.73N
- 93 15  0   35 42 30   3 11 35       10 278  5.84  27.6  10.70   6.69N
- 93  0  0   35 36 33   3 11 44        9 278  5.99  27.5  10.66   6.65N
- 92 45  0   35 30 40   3 11 53        9 279  6.15  27.5  10.62   6.61N
- 92 30  0   35 24 51   3 12  2        9 279  6.32  27.5  10.58   6.57N
- 92 15  0   35 19  7   3 12 10        9 279  6.50  27.4  10.54   6.53N
- 92  0  0   35 13 27   3 12 18        9 279  6.69  27.4  10.50   6.49N

Path coordinates are referred to WGS84 (as used by GPS), with the
nominal site altitude being referenced to Mean Sea Level.

Projected diameter of star  3 meters


                Librations  Long +4.02   Lat +3.16
                            P +11.08     D -2.08
      Illumination of moon  15%+
        Elongation of Moon  46
    Vertical Profile Scale  3.37 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
   Horizontal Scale Factor  2.14 deg/min


At longitude -94.50:
Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in cm)
      CA\Tdia   5    10    15    20    25    30    35
     2.9      4.8   6.2   6.9   7.4   7.7   7.9   8.0
     4.9      4.9   6.3   7.0   7.4   7.7   7.9   8.1
     6.9      4.9   6.3   7.0   7.5   7.8   8.0   8.1
     8.9      5.9   7.4   8.1   8.7   9.0   9.3   9.4
    10.9      5.9   7.4   8.2   8.7   9.1   9.3   9.5


Results of Observer Scan                                    UT
Site                              Long.   Lat.   Dist.    h  m  s
Blue Springs                      -94.3   39.0   281km    3 10 53
Warrensburg Missouri              -93.8   38.8   287km    3 11 16
Deepwater MO                      -93.7   38.2   226km    3 11 17



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