Predictions for Grazing Occultation of ZC 3262, 2007 Apr 13
Grazing Occultation of 3262 cG5 Magnitude 6.9
Date 2007 April 13 (Friday) Nominal site altitude 0m
E. Longit. Latitude U.T. Sun Moon TanZ PA WA CA
o ' " o ' " h m s Alt Alt Az o o o
174 30 0 -37 53 28 15 59 1 17 92 3.30 336.0 355.61 2.21N
174 40 0 -37 54 15 15 59 7 17 92 3.27 336.0 355.57 2.25N
174 50 0 -37 55 2 15 59 12 17 92 3.24 336.0 355.54 2.28N
175 0 0 -37 55 47 15 59 18 17 92 3.21 335.9 355.51 2.31N
175 10 0 -37 56 32 15 59 24 17 92 3.18 335.9 355.48 2.35N
175 20 0 -37 57 16 15 59 29 18 92 3.15 335.9 355.44 2.38N
175 30 0 -37 58 0 15 59 35 18 91 3.12 335.8 355.41 2.41N
175 40 0 -37 58 42 15 59 41 18 91 3.09 335.8 355.38 2.44N
175 50 0 -37 59 24 15 59 47 18 91 3.07 335.8 355.34 2.48N
176 0 0 -38 0 5 15 59 53 18 91 3.04 335.7 355.31 2.51N
176 10 0 -38 0 45 15 59 59 18 91 3.01 335.7 355.28 2.54N
176 20 0 -38 1 24 16 0 5 19 91 2.98 335.7 355.25 2.58N
176 30 0 -38 2 2 16 0 11 19 91 2.96 335.6 355.21 2.61N
176 40 0 -38 2 40 16 0 17 19 91 2.93 335.6 355.18 2.64N
176 50 0 -38 3 16 16 0 23 19 90 2.91 335.6 355.15 2.68N
177 0 0 -38 3 52 16 0 30 19 90 2.88 335.5 355.11 2.71N
177 10 0 -38 4 27 16 0 36 19 90 2.86 335.5 355.08 2.74N
177 20 0 -38 5 1 16 0 42 19 90 2.83 335.5 355.04 2.78N
177 30 0 -38 5 35 16 0 49 20 90 2.81 335.4 355.01 2.81N
177 40 0 -38 6 7 16 0 55 20 90 2.79 335.4 354.98 2.84N
177 50 0 -38 6 39 16 1 1 20 90 2.76 335.4 354.94 2.88N
178 0 0 -38 7 9 16 1 8 20 90 2.74 335.3 354.91 2.91N
178 10 0 -38 7 39 16 1 15 20 89 2.72 335.3 354.87 2.95N
178 20 0 -38 8 8 16 1 21 20 89 2.70 335.3 354.84 2.98N
178 30 0 -38 8 37 16 1 28 21 89 2.67 335.2 354.80 3.02N
178 40 0 -38 9 4 16 1 35 21 89 2.65 335.2 354.77 3.05N
Path coordinates are referred to WGS84 (as used by GPS).
3262 is double : 7.6 8.2 0.004" 75.0
Graze Path of component #2 0.00km North, and 0.0 secs. later cf. primary.
Librations Long -5.42 Lat +1.48
P +354.6 D -0.7
Illumination of moon 19%-
Elongation of Moon 52
Vertical Profile Scale 1.89 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
Horizontal Scale Factor 1.85 deg/min
Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in mm)
CA\Tdia 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
-0.9 3.2 4.6 5.2 5.6 5.8 6.0 6.1
1.1 4.9 6.3 7.1 7.6 7.9 8.1 8.3
3.1 5.0 6.4 7.2 7.6 8.0 8.2 8.4
5.1 5.8 7.3 8.1 8.6 9.0 9.2 9.4
7.1 5.9 7.3 8.2 8.7 9.0 9.3 9.5
Lunar Limb Profile