Predictions for Grazing Occultation of ZC 948, 2007 Feb 26
Grazing Occultation of 948 G8 Magnitude 4.3
948 = kappa Aurigae
Date 2007 February 26 (Monday) 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
151 0 0 -29 7 54 10 17 0 31 353 1.66 7.6 6.68 3.18N
151 10 0 -29 11 8 10 17 22 31 352 1.66 7.7 6.76 3.26N
151 20 0 -29 14 26 10 17 44 31 352 1.67 7.7 6.83 3.33N
151 30 0 -29 17 47 10 18 5 31 352 1.67 7.8 6.91 3.41N
151 40 0 -29 21 11 10 18 27 31 352 1.68 7.9 6.98 3.48N
151 50 0 -29 24 39 10 18 49 31 351 1.69 8.0 7.05 3.56N
152 0 0 -29 28 10 10 19 10 31 351 1.69 8.0 7.13 3.63N
152 10 0 -29 31 45 10 19 32 30 351 1.70 8.1 7.20 3.70N
152 20 0 -29 35 22 10 19 54 30 351 1.70 8.2 7.27 3.77N
152 30 0 -29 39 3 10 20 15 30 350 1.71 8.3 7.34 3.84N
152 40 0 -29 42 47 10 20 36 30 350 1.72 8.3 7.41 3.91N
152 50 0 -29 46 35 10 20 58 30 350 1.73 8.4 7.48 3.98N
153 0 0 -29 50 26 10 21 19 30 350 1.73 8.5 7.55 4.05N
153 10 0 -29 54 20 10 21 40 30 349 1.74 8.5 7.62 4.12N
153 20 0 -29 58 17 10 22 1 30 349 1.75 8.6 7.69 4.19N
Path coordinates are referred to WGS84 (as used by GPS).
Librations Long +6.13 Lat -7.32
P +6.9 D +8.3
Illumination of moon 72%+
Elongation of Moon 116
Vertical Profile Scale 3.44 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
Horizontal Scale Factor 1.24 deg/min
Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in mm)
CA\Tdia 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
0.2 2.7 4.1 4.8 5.3 5.5 5.7 5.8
2.2 4.4 5.8 6.6 7.0 7.3 7.5 7.7
4.2 4.6 6.0 6.7 7.2 7.5 7.7 7.8
6.2 5.2 6.6 7.4 7.8 8.1 8.4 8.5
8.2 5.4 6.8 7.6 8.1 8.4 8.6 8.7
Lunar Limb Profile
