PREDICTED PROFILE
LIMIT LINE PREDICTIONS
Grazing Occultation of 128469 G5 Magnitude 7.7 [Red = 7.3]
Date: 2012 Nov 23 2h 49m, to 2012 Nov 23 3h 0m
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 39 42 24 2 48 47 53 194 0.75 149.1 173.43 9.64S
- 96 45 0 39 50 11 2 49 24 53 195 0.75 149.1 173.49 9.58S
- 96 30 0 39 57 55 2 50 1 53 196 0.76 149.2 173.54 9.52S
- 96 15 0 40 5 35 2 50 37 53 196 0.76 149.2 173.60 9.46S
- 96 0 0 40 13 11 2 51 14 52 197 0.77 149.3 173.66 9.41S
- 95 45 0 40 20 44 2 51 50 52 198 0.78 149.4 173.72 9.35S
- 95 30 0 40 28 14 2 52 25 52 198 0.78 149.4 173.78 9.29S
- 95 15 0 40 35 40 2 53 1 52 199 0.79 149.5 173.84 9.23S
- 95 0 0 40 43 2 2 53 36 52 199 0.79 149.5 173.89 9.17S
- 94 45 0 40 50 21 2 54 11 51 200 0.80 149.6 173.95 9.11S
- 94 30 0 40 57 37 2 54 45 51 200 0.81 149.6 174.01 9.05S
- 94 15 0 41 4 49 2 55 20 51 201 0.81 149.7 174.07 8.99S
- 94 0 0 41 11 57 2 55 54 51 201 0.82 149.8 174.13 8.93S
- 93 45 0 41 19 2 2 56 28 50 202 0.83 149.8 174.19 8.87S
- 93 30 0 41 26 4 2 57 1 50 203 0.83 149.9 174.25 8.81S
- 93 15 0 41 33 2 2 57 35 50 203 0.84 149.9 174.31 8.75S
- 93 0 0 41 39 57 2 58 8 50 204 0.85 150.0 174.37 8.69S
- 92 45 0 41 46 48 2 58 41 50 204 0.85 150.1 174.43 8.63S
- 92 30 0 41 53 36 2 59 13 49 205 0.86 150.1 174.49 8.57S
- 92 15 0 42 0 21 2 59 46 49 205 0.87 150.2 174.55 8.51S
- 92 0 0 42 7 2 3 0 18 49 206 0.87 150.2 174.61 8.45S
Path coordinates are referred to WGS84 (as used by GPS), with the
nominal site altitude being referenced to Mean Sea Level.
C A S S I N I R E G I O N G R A Z E
Librations Long +6.44 Lat -5.16
P +173.48 D -4.20
Illumination of moon 74%+
Elongation of Moon 119
Vertical Profile Scale 2.16 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
Horizontal Scale Factor 1.34 deg/min
At longitude -94.50:
Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in cm)
CA\Tdia 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
5.1 4.8 6.2 7.0 7.5 7.8 8.1 8.3
7.1 5.6 7.0 7.8 8.3 8.7 9.0 9.2
9.1 5.6 7.1 7.9 8.4 8.8 9.0 9.2
11.1 5.6 7.1 7.9 8.4 8.8 9.0 9.2
13.1 5.7 7.1 7.9 8.4 8.8 9.0 9.2
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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 39km 2 51 23
C 4 Blue SprinMO Sandy~Robert L -94.3 39.0 191km 2 55 7
C 11 GreenfieldWI MilwaukeeAS Ob -88.1 43.0 74km 3 8 1
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