14 August Graze of ZC 536


PREDICTED PROFILE


LIMIT LINE PREDICTIONS
Grazing Occultation of     536cB7      Magnitude 5.5 [Red = 5.5]   
   R536 = Celaeno = 16 Tauri
Date: 2009 Aug 14  8h 44m,  to  2009 Aug 14  8h 53m

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   36 26 22   8 44 10       38  86  1.27 339.2 352.78   8.60N
- 96 45  0   36 36 21   8 44 35       38  86  1.26 339.2 352.78   8.60N
- 96 30  0   36 46 20   8 45  0       39  86  1.25 339.3 352.79   8.58N
- 96 15  0   36 56 17   8 45 24       39  87  1.24 339.3 352.81   8.57N
- 96  0  0   37  6 14   8 45 50       39  87  1.22 339.3 352.82   8.56N
- 95 45  0   37 16  9   8 46 15       40  87  1.21 339.3 352.83   8.55N
- 95 30  0   37 26  3   8 46 40       40  88  1.20 339.3 352.85   8.53N
- 95 15  0   37 35 56   8 47  5       40  88  1.19 339.3 352.86   8.52N
- 95  0  0   37 45 48   8 47 31       40  88  1.17 339.3 352.87   8.50N
- 94 45  0   37 55 39   8 47 56       41  89  1.16 339.3 352.89   8.49N
- 94 30  0   38  5 28   8 48 22       41  89  1.15 339.4 352.91   8.47N
- 94 15  0   38 15 15   8 48 48       41  90  1.14 339.4 352.92   8.46N
- 94  0  0   38 25  2   8 49 14       42  90  1.13 339.4 352.94   8.44N
- 93 45  0   38 34 46   8 49 40       42  90  1.12 339.4 352.96   8.42N
- 93 30  0   38 44 29   8 50  6       42  91  1.11 339.4 352.98   8.40N
- 93 15  0   38 54 11   8 50 32       42  91  1.09 339.5 353.00   8.38N
- 93  0  0   39  3 50   8 50 58       43  91  1.08 339.5 353.02   8.36N
- 92 45  0   39 13 28   8 51 24       43  92  1.07 339.5 353.04   8.34N
- 92 30  0   39 23  4   8 51 51       43  92  1.06 339.5 353.06   8.32N
- 92 15  0   39 32 38   8 52 17       44  93  1.05 339.5 353.08   8.30N
- 92  0  0   39 42 11   8 52 43       44  93  1.04 339.6 353.10   8.28N

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

       536 is double: AB  5.7  7.7 0.10"  90.0

                librations  long -5.57   lat -5.42
                            p +353.45     d +6.33
      illumination of moon  43%-
        elongation of moon  82
    vertical profile scale  2.14 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
   horizontal scale factor  1.73 deg/min


at longitude -94.50:
limiting magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in cm)
      ca\tdia   5    10    15    20    25    30    35
     4.5      5.8   7.3   8.1   8.6   9.0   9.2   9.4
     6.5      5.8   7.3   8.1   8.6   9.0   9.2   9.5
     8.5      5.8   7.3   8.1   8.6   9.0   9.3   9.5
    10.5      5.8   7.3   8.1   8.6   9.0   9.3   9.5
    12.5      5.9   7.3   8.1   8.7   9.0   9.3   9.5


results of observer scan                                    ut
site                              long.   lat.   dist.    h  m  s
bonner springs                    -94.9   39.1   104km    8 47 42
powellobs                         -94.7   38.6    58km    8 48  2
blue springs                      -94.3   39.0    71km    8 48 38
warrensburg missouri              -93.8   38.8    22km    8 49 38
deepwater mo                      -93.7   38.2    34km    8 49 41



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