9 July Graze of ZC 3017
PREDICTED PROFILE
LIMIT LINE PREDICTIONS
Grazing Occultation of 3017 M1 Magnitude 5.2 [Red = 4.3] s
R3017 = Loo Sieu = upsilon Capricorni
Date: 2009 Jul 09 7h 4m, to 2009 Jul 09 7h 20m
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 34 8 10 7 3 47 36 164 1.36 330.5 343.83 14.67N
- 96 45 0 34 19 11 7 4 37 36 164 1.37 330.4 343.75 14.75N
- 96 30 0 34 30 19 7 5 27 36 165 1.37 330.3 343.68 14.82N
- 96 15 0 34 41 33 7 6 17 36 165 1.37 330.2 343.60 14.90N
- 96 0 0 34 52 54 7 7 6 36 166 1.38 330.2 343.54 14.96N
- 95 45 0 35 4 22 7 7 56 36 166 1.38 330.1 343.47 15.03N
- 95 30 0 35 15 55 7 8 45 36 167 1.39 330.0 343.40 15.10N
- 95 15 0 35 27 35 7 9 33 36 167 1.39 330.0 343.34 15.16N
- 95 0 0 35 39 20 7 10 22 36 168 1.40 329.9 343.28 15.22N
- 94 45 0 35 51 11 7 11 10 35 169 1.41 329.9 343.22 15.27N
- 94 30 0 36 3 7 7 11 57 35 169 1.41 329.8 343.17 15.33N
- 94 15 0 36 15 9 7 12 45 35 170 1.42 329.8 343.12 15.38N
- 94 0 0 36 27 15 7 13 32 35 170 1.43 329.7 343.07 15.43N
- 93 45 0 36 39 27 7 14 19 35 171 1.43 329.7 343.02 15.48N
- 93 30 0 36 51 43 7 15 5 35 171 1.44 329.6 342.97 15.53N
- 93 15 0 37 4 3 7 15 51 35 172 1.45 329.6 342.93 15.57N
- 93 0 0 37 16 28 7 16 36 34 172 1.46 329.5 342.89 15.61N
- 92 45 0 37 28 57 7 17 21 34 173 1.47 329.5 342.85 15.65N
- 92 30 0 37 41 30 7 18 6 34 173 1.48 329.4 342.81 15.68N
- 92 15 0 37 54 6 7 18 50 34 174 1.48 329.4 342.78 15.72N
- 92 0 0 38 6 47 7 19 34 34 174 1.49 329.4 342.75 15.75N
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 14 meters
3017 = NSV 25208, 5.19 to 5.24Hp
Librations Long -2.14 Lat -0.17
P +343.20 D +1.04
Illumination of moon 97%-
Elongation of Moon 159
Vertical Profile Scale 3.14 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
Horizontal Scale Factor 1.24 deg/min
At longitude -94.50:
Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in cm)
CA\Tdia 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
11.3 3.8 5.2 6.0 6.4 6.7 6.9 7.1
13.3 4.3 5.7 6.5 6.9 7.2 7.5 7.6
15.3 4.3 5.7 6.5 7.0 7.3 7.5 7.6
17.3 4.3 5.8 6.5 7.0 7.3 7.5 7.6
19.3 4.4 5.8 6.6 7.0 7.3 7.5 7.7
Results of Observer Scan UT
Site Long. Lat. Dist. h m s
Blue Springs -94.3 39.0 218km 7 12 27
Warrensburg Missouri -93.8 38.8 167km 7 14 15
Deepwater MO -93.7 38.2 117km 7 14 20
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