PREDICTED PROFILE
LIMIT LINE PREDICTIONS
Grazing Occultation of 2362 F8 Magnitude 7.7 [Red = 7.4]
Date: 2012 Aug 25 1h 54m, to 2012 Aug 25 2h 2m
Nominal site altitude 236m
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 38 11 38 1 54 25 -9 27 199 1.93 182.4 171.90 6.55S
- 96 45 0 38 13 34 1 54 50 -10 27 200 1.94 182.3 171.83 6.62S
- 96 30 0 38 15 34 1 55 16 -10 27 200 1.95 182.2 171.76 6.68S
- 96 15 0 38 17 39 1 55 41 -10 27 200 1.96 182.2 171.70 6.75S
- 96 0 0 38 19 49 1 56 6 -10 27 201 1.97 182.1 171.63 6.82S
- 95 45 0 38 22 3 1 56 31 -11 27 201 1.98 182.0 171.57 6.88S
- 95 30 0 38 24 22 1 56 55 -11 27 201 1.99 182.0 171.50 6.95S
- 95 15 0 38 26 46 1 57 20 -11 26 202 2.01 181.9 171.44 7.01S
- 95 0 0 38 29 14 1 57 44 -11 26 202 2.02 181.9 171.37 7.07S
- 94 45 0 38 31 47 1 58 8 -12 26 202 2.03 181.8 171.31 7.14S
- 94 30 0 38 34 24 1 58 32 -12 26 203 2.04 181.7 171.25 7.20S
- 94 15 0 38 37 6 1 58 56 26 203 2.06 181.7 171.19 7.26S
- 94 0 0 38 39 52 1 59 20 26 203 2.07 181.6 171.13 7.32S
- 93 45 0 38 42 42 1 59 44 26 204 2.09 181.5 171.06 7.38S
- 93 30 0 38 45 37 2 0 7 25 204 2.10 181.5 171.00 7.44S
- 93 15 0 38 48 36 2 0 30 25 204 2.11 181.4 170.94 7.50S
- 93 0 0 38 51 39 2 0 53 25 205 2.13 181.4 170.89 7.56S
- 92 45 0 38 54 47 2 1 16 25 205 2.15 181.3 170.83 7.62S
- 92 30 0 38 57 59 2 1 39 25 205 2.16 181.2 170.77 7.68S
- 92 15 0 39 1 14 2 2 1 25 206 2.18 181.2 170.71 7.73S
- 92 0 0 39 4 34 2 2 23 24 206 2.19 181.1 170.66 7.79S
Path coordinates are referred to WGS84 (as used by GPS), with the
nominal site altitude being referenced to Mean Sea Level.
Librations Long +0.98 Lat -0.09
P +171.25 D +0.32
Illumination of moon 56%+
Elongation of Moon 96
Vertical Profile Scale 3.73 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
Horizontal Scale Factor 1.42 deg/min
At longitude -94.50:
Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in cm)
CA\Tdia 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
3.2 4.7 6.1 6.8 7.3 7.6 7.8 7.9
5.2 5.5 6.9 7.6 8.1 8.4 8.6 8.8
7.2 5.5 6.9 7.7 8.1 8.4 8.7 8.8
9.2 5.5 6.9 7.7 8.1 8.5 8.7 8.8
11.2 5.5 6.9 7.7 8.2 8.5 8.7 8.9
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Results of Observer Scan UT
Site Long. Lat. Dist. h m s
C 3 Bonner SprKS Robinson~Walte -94.9 39.1 59km 1 57 54
C 4 Blue SprinMO Sandy~Robert L -94.3 39.0 46km 1 58 47
C 10 Urbana IL Olsen~Aart -88.2 40.1 6km 2 7 36
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