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BRIGHT GRAZING OCCULTATIONS:  AUSTRALIA 2007

Graze location maps for:  January to June     July to December

Grazes for Western Australia 2007

Grazes for South East Australia, Jan to Jun 2007
Bright Grazes for Western Australia - 2007 Bright Grazes for South East Australia - 2007
  

Grazes for Western Australia 2007

Grazes for South East Australia, Jul to Dec 2007
Bright Grazes for Western Australia - 2007 Bright Grazes for South East Australia - 2007
Table of grazes for West Australia Table of grazes for South-east Australia

Charts prepared using data from David Herald's Win-Occult and a program written by Pauline Loader.

Note:
'S' at the end of a track indicates interference from the Sun
'S' at both ends indicates Sun above horizon for at least part of track
'M' indicates that the star is at low altitude
'B' indicates both 'S' and 'M'
Table of grazes for West Australia.      Table of grazes for South East Australia.

EXPLANATION OF THE TABLE
Date :
Universal Time (UT). UT is effectively equivalent to Greenwich Mean Time.
Star :
ZC indicates the star number in Robertson's Zodiacal Catalog.
S indicates the star number in the SAO Catalog.
A link is provided to information on double stars.
Mag :
Star Magnitude.
%Snlt :
Percent sunlit of the moon. "+" is waxing (before Full Moon) and "-" waning. Before Full Moon the star will appear to approach the moon from its dark side. After Full Moon the star appears to approach across the lighted lunar limb.
Near Place ... :
Lists some cities or towns close to the path, but not usually on it. Click on them to bring up WIN OCCULT predictions and a profile for this graze.
Time :
Approximate hour and minute of graze (Universal Time). For sites to the west times may be a minute or so earlier whilst to the east they may be a little later. Events may occur for a minute or two either side of the predicted time.
Alt :
Altitude of the star and Moon.
CA & Limit :
The Limit indicates whether the star grazes the Northern or Southern edge of the Moon. The associated figure shows the number of degrees round the circumference of the Moon from the bright cusp at which mid graze occurs. The centres of all grazes are on the unlit portion of the limb unless otherwise indicated indicated by a - CA value.
Notes :
This gives further information about the graze and star. Most grazes should be observable with a telescope aperture of 100mm. If a larger aperture is likely to be needed this is indicated.
Double star information is contained in the prediction files.

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Grazes for South East Australia during 2007

All Graze Data and Profiles obtained from David Herald's Win Occult 3.0

Date UT ZC Mag %Snlt Near Place Time Alt CA Notes
Jan 10 1817 6.7 57- Melbourne
Hobart		 17:39
17:47		 48°
48°		 17.7°S
17.6°S		  
Jan 13 2134 5.9 29- Brisbane 18:40 54° -19.7°S Double star, Sun -6°.
Jan 16 S 185679 8.5 7- Adelaide 18:33 13° 16.8°S  
Jan 26 370 6.1 55+ Brisbane 09:46 35° 9.5°S  
Feb 13 2644 6.4 18- Canberra, Sydney 17:30 23° 12.8S Double star
Feb 26 948 4.3 72+ Brisbane 10:21 30° 4.1°N  
Mar 10 2273 5.9 65- Sydney 10:13 20° 10.2°S  
Apr 23 1149 4.1 40+ Melbourne
Canberra		 08:06
08:15		 28°
24°		 12.2°N
13.1°N		 Sun -5°
Sun -10°
Apr 26 1493 6.5 71+ Brisbane 10:10 50° 21.5°N Double star
Apr 30 1888 6.0 97+ Brisbane 16:03 36° 16.4°N 150mm+ aperture needed
May 4 2366 1.1 95- Wilson's Promontory, Melbourne 19:30 45° 16.3°N α Sco, Antares, double star
May 4 2373 6.1 95- Adelaide 20:36 37° 18.2°N Sun -10°
May 26 1753 6.7 74+ Adelaide
Melbourne		 12:59
13:10		 45°
37°		 17.0°N
14.5°N		  
May 31 2286 5.4 99+ Canberra
Sydney		 09:10
09:14		 34°
36°		 45.4°N
45.4°N		 Note virtually full Moon
Jun 2 2601 6.8 97- Brisbane 17:40 56° 25.8°N 150mm+ aperture preferable
Jun 4 2907 6.2 87- Hobart 15:19 59° 8.0°N 150mm+ aperture preferable
Jun 6 3181 6.0 69- Melbourne
Canberra		 16:49
16:58		 52°
57°		 11.3°N
12.9°N		 Double star
Jun 11 311 6.6 14- Adelaide 20:05 17° 18.4°N  
Jun 26 2134 5.9 84+ Adelaide
Canberra
Sydney		 14:12
14:31
14:35		 51°
39°
36°		 6.3°N
2.6°N
2.0°N		  
small CA makes difficult
small CA makes difficult
Date UT ZC Mag %Snlt Near Place Time Alt CA Notes
Jul 3 3126 4.3 90- Melbourne 11:45 19° 2.7°N  
Jul 20 1768 7.0 32+ Hobart 08:25 44° 14.4°N ZC 1769, mag 6.6, grazes ca 37 km to south.
Jul 20 S 138724 7.2 32+ Canberra 10:26 29° 8.9°N  
Jul 25 2366 1.1 80+ Adelaide 17:35 8° -6.6°N α Sco, Antares, low, at bright limb.
Jul 26 2505 5.3 87+ Adelaide
Brisbane		 16:33
16:46		 31°
14°		 6.8°S
7.4°S		 150mm+ aperture preferable
Aug 2 S 128417 7.0 83- Melbourne
Canberra
Sydney 		19:10
19:21
19:25 		43°
42°
41° 		13.5°N
13.2°N
12.9°N 		150mm+ aperture preferable
Aug 18 1940 6.9 26+ Adelaide
Canberra		 09:43
09:58		 42°
30°		 5.3°N
1.6°N		 150mm+ aperture preferable
Small cusp angle makes difficult
Aug 19 2039 5.5 34+ Brisbane 09:12 48° 3.3° N  
Aug 21 2287 2.9 54+ Bundaberg 12:18
 30° 8.9°N π Sco, double star
Aug 23 2583 5.8 74+ Launceston 15:22 25° 9.4°S  
Aug 28 S 165087 9.0 Eclipse Hobart 09:23
 19° 9.8°S ca 30 min before start of totality
Aug 28 X 182808 11.2 Eclipse Hobart 10:27 30° S graze during totality
Aug 28 3301 8.8 Eclipse Hobart 10:35 32° S graze during totality
Sep 19 S 185400 7.2 47+ Adelaide
Brisbane		 10:10
10:29		 66°
47°		 8.3°S
12.8°S		 150mm+ aperture preferable
Sep 24 3253 5.4 93+ Melbourne
Canberra
Sydney		 14:04
14:16
14:22		 54°
52°
50°		 16.7°S
17.9°S
17.9°S		  
Oct 22 3322 6.4 82+ Melbourne 13:43 42° 16.7°S
 Double star
Nov 15 2864 4.6 24+ Brisbane 08:58 48° 19.6°S Double star, Sun -9°
Nov 30 1487 1.4 57- Canberra 20:36 39° 19.2°S
 α Leo, Double star Day time event
Dec 5 S 158128 7.5 14- Launceston 16:56 9° 10.9°S Low altitude
Dec 13 2961 5.9 12+ Brisbane 09:50 20° 16.8°S Sun -8°

Grazes for Western Australia, during 2007

All Graze Data and Profiles obtained from David Herald's Win Occult 3.0

Date UT ZC Mag %Snlt Near Place Time Alt CA Notes
Jan 16 S 185786 8.3 6- Perth 20:10 12° 17.6° S  
Mar 07 1949 5.9 88- Perth 15:02 35° 12.1° S Double star
Mar 10 2298 5.0 63- Perth 17:31 43° 12.8° S  
Jun 5 3069 6.3 77- Perth 21:39 68° 19.8° N  
Jun 8 3459 6.4 46- Perth 19:08 32° 12.2° N η Cap,  double star
Jul 5 3416 5.6 71- Exmouth 18:11 48° 15.5° N Double star
Aug 2 3515 6.3 83- Exmouth 19:28 64° 19.2° N Double star
Aug 8 850 6.0 18- Perth 20:39 6° 14.3° N Note very low altitude, possible double star

(Graze Data obtained from David Herald's OCCULT).

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