PREDICTED PROFILE
LIMIT LINE PREDICTIONS
Grazing Occultation of 118388 K0 Magnitude 7.8 [Red = 7.2]
Date: 2012 Oct 12 11h 2m, to 2012 Oct 12 11h 5m
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 40 9 11 11 1 36 17 102 3.18 202.7 180.40 7.14S
- 96 45 0 40 8 1 11 1 44 18 102 3.14 202.7 180.44 7.18S
- 96 30 0 40 6 49 11 1 53 18 102 3.10 202.7 180.48 7.23S
- 96 15 0 40 5 35 11 2 2 18 102 3.06 202.8 180.53 7.27S
- 96 0 0 40 4 20 11 2 11 18 102 3.02 202.8 180.57 7.31S
- 95 45 0 40 3 3 11 2 21 19 102 2.98 202.9 180.61 7.35S
- 95 30 0 40 1 45 11 2 30 19 103 2.94 202.9 180.66 7.40S
- 95 15 0 40 0 25 11 2 39 19 103 2.91 203.0 180.70 7.44S
- 95 0 0 39 59 3 11 2 49 19 103 2.87 203.0 180.74 7.48S
- 94 45 0 39 57 40 11 2 59 19 103 2.84 203.0 180.79 7.53S
- 94 30 0 39 56 15 11 3 8 20 103 2.80 203.1 180.83 7.57S
- 94 15 0 39 54 48 11 3 18 20 104 2.77 203.1 180.88 7.62S
- 94 0 0 39 53 20 11 3 28 20 104 2.73 203.2 180.92 7.66S
- 93 45 0 39 51 50 11 3 38 20 104 2.70 203.2 180.96 7.71S
- 93 30 0 39 50 19 11 3 49 21 104 2.67 203.3 181.01 7.75S
- 93 15 0 39 48 45 11 3 59 21 104 2.64 203.3 181.05 7.80S
- 93 0 0 39 47 10 11 4 10 21 105 2.61 203.4 181.10 7.84S
- 92 45 0 39 45 34 11 4 20 21 105 2.57 203.4 181.14 7.89S
- 92 30 0 39 43 55 11 4 31 21 105 2.55 203.4 181.19 7.93S
- 92 15 0 39 42 15 11 4 42 22 105 2.52 203.5 181.24 7.98S
- 92 0 0 39 40 33 11 4 53 22 105 2.49 203.5 181.28 8.02S
Path coordinates are referred to WGS84 (as used by GPS), with the
nominal site altitude being referenced to Mean Sea Level.
Librations Long -5.43 Lat +6.88
P +180.16 D +7.22
Illumination of moon 12%-
Elongation of Moon 40
Vertical Profile Scale 1.98 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
Horizontal Scale Factor 1.79 deg/min
At longitude -94.50:
Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in cm)
CA\Tdia 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
3.6 5.4 6.8 7.6 8.0 8.4 8.6 8.8
5.6 5.4 6.8 7.6 8.1 8.4 8.7 8.8
7.6 5.4 6.9 7.6 8.1 8.5 8.7 8.9
9.6 6.4 7.9 8.7 9.2 9.6 9.9 10.1
11.6 6.4 7.9 8.7 9.3 9.7 9.9 10.2
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Results of Observer Scan UT
Site Long. Lat. Dist. h m s
C 2 Nebraska CNE Lanning~Eugene -95.9 40.7 67km 11 2 14
C 3 Bonner SprKS Robinson~Walte -94.9 39.1 101km 11 2 53
C 4 Blue SprinMO Sandy~Robert L -94.3 39.0 99km 11 3 15
C 10 Urbana IL Olsen~Aart -88.2 40.1 100km 11 7 55
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