Predictions for Grazing Occultation of SAO 183548, 2008 Jul 13


Grazing Occultation of  183548  M4      Magnitude   6.8v
Date   2008 July 13    (Sunday)     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
 167 30  0  -44 24 12   9 20 22       69 344  0.39  18.6   4.79   8.17N
 167 40  0  -44 26 22   9 20 46       69 344  0.39  18.5   4.73   8.11N
 167 50  0  -44 28 31   9 21 10       69 343  0.39  18.5   4.67   8.05N
 168  0  0  -44 30 38   9 21 34       69 342  0.39  18.4   4.60   7.99N
 168 10  0  -44 32 43   9 21 57       69 342  0.39  18.3   4.54   7.93N
 168 20  0  -44 34 46   9 22 21       68 341  0.40  18.3   4.48   7.86N
 168 30  0  -44 36 48   9 22 45       68 341  0.40  18.2   4.42   7.80N
 168 40  0  -44 38 49   9 23  9       68 340  0.40  18.2   4.35   7.74N
 168 50  0  -44 40 48   9 23 32       68 339  0.40  18.1   4.29   7.68N
 169  0  0  -44 42 45   9 23 56       68 339  0.40  18.0   4.23   7.62N
 169 10  0  -44 44 40   9 24 19       68 338  0.41  18.0   4.17   7.55N
 169 20  0  -44 46 35   9 24 43       68 338  0.41  17.9   4.11   7.49N
 169 30  0  -44 48 27   9 25  6       68 337  0.41  17.8   4.05   7.43N
 169 40  0  -44 50 18   9 25 30       68 336  0.41  17.8   3.98   7.37N
 169 50  0  -44 52  7   9 25 53       68 336  0.41  17.7   3.92   7.31N
 170  0  0  -44 53 55   9 26 16       67 335  0.42  17.7   3.86   7.25N
 170 10  0  -44 55 42   9 26 39       67 335  0.42  17.6   3.80   7.18N
 170 20  0  -44 57 26   9 27  3       67 334  0.42  17.5   3.74   7.12N
 170 30  0  -44 59 10   9 27 26       67 334  0.42  17.5   3.68   7.06N
 170 40  0  -45  0 51   9 27 49       67 333  0.42  17.4   3.61   7.00N
 170 50  0  -45  2 32   9 28 12       67 332  0.43  17.4   3.55   6.94N
 171  0  0  -45  4 10   9 28 35       67 332  0.43  17.3   3.49   6.88N
 171 10  0  -45  5 47   9 28 57       67 331  0.43  17.2   3.43   6.82N
 171 20  0  -45  7 23   9 29 20       67 331  0.43  17.2   3.37   6.75N
 171 30  0  -45  8 57   9 29 43       66 330  0.44  17.1   3.31   6.69N

Path coordinates are referred to WGS84 (as used by GPS).

 183548 = GG Lib,   6.83 to  6.93 V ,  Type SR:

    C A S S I N I   R E G I O N   G R A Z E

                Librations  Long +2.07   Lat +6.40
                            P +3.5     D -6.0
      Illumination of moon  79%+
        Elongation of Moon  125
    Vertical Profile Scale  1.97 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
   Horizontal Scale Factor  1.29 deg/min

Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in mm)
      CA\Tdia  50   100   150   200   250   300   350
     2.7      3.8   5.3   6.1   6.6   6.9   7.2   7.3
     4.7      4.8   6.2   7.0   7.5   7.9   8.2   8.4
     6.7      5.1   6.6   7.4   7.9   8.3   8.5   8.7
     8.7      5.7   7.1   7.9   8.5   8.8   9.1   9.3
    10.7      5.7   7.1   7.9   8.5   8.8   9.1   9.3

Lunar Limb Profile

Lunar Limb Profile