Predictions for Grazing Occultation of ZC 2405, 2008 Mar 27
Grazing Occultation of 2405 SA2 Magnitude 6.6s
Date 2008 March 27 (Thursday) 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
150 0 0 -26 56 35 16 25 46 64 98 0.49 197.9 190.25 8.36S
150 10 0 -27 1 36 16 26 11 64 98 0.48 197.8 190.20 8.30S
150 20 0 -27 6 36 16 26 35 64 98 0.48 197.8 190.14 8.25S
150 30 0 -27 11 34 16 27 0 65 98 0.47 197.7 190.08 8.19S
150 40 0 -27 16 30 16 27 25 65 97 0.47 197.7 190.03 8.13S
150 50 0 -27 21 24 16 27 50 65 97 0.46 197.6 189.97 8.08S
151 0 0 -27 26 17 16 28 15 65 97 0.46 197.5 189.91 8.02S
151 10 0 -27 31 7 16 28 40 66 97 0.45 197.5 189.86 7.96S
151 20 0 -27 35 56 16 29 5 66 96 0.45 197.4 189.80 7.90S
151 30 0 -27 40 42 16 29 30 66 96 0.44 197.4 189.74 7.84S
151 40 0 -27 45 27 16 29 55 66 96 0.44 197.3 189.68 7.78S
151 50 0 -27 50 10 16 30 20 67 96 0.43 197.2 189.62 7.72S
152 0 0 -27 54 51 16 30 45 67 95 0.43 197.2 189.56 7.66S
152 10 0 -27 59 30 16 31 9 67 95 0.42 197.1 189.50 7.60S
152 20 0 -28 4 7 16 31 34 67 95 0.42 197.1 189.44 7.54S
152 30 0 -28 8 43 16 31 59 68 95 0.41 197.0 189.38 7.48S
152 40 0 -28 13 16 16 32 24 68 94 0.41 196.9 189.31 7.42S
152 50 0 -28 17 48 16 32 49 68 94 0.40 196.9 189.25 7.36S
153 0 0 -28 22 17 16 33 14 68 94 0.40 196.8 189.19 7.29S
153 10 0 -28 26 45 16 33 39 69 94 0.39 196.8 189.13 7.23S
153 20 0 -28 31 10 16 34 4 69 93 0.39 196.7 189.06 7.17S
153 30 0 -28 35 34 16 34 29 69 93 0.38 196.6 189.00 7.10S
153 40 0 -28 39 56 16 34 54 69 93 0.38 196.6 188.93 7.04S
153 50 0 -28 44 16 16 35 19 70 92 0.37 196.5 188.87 6.97S
154 0 0 -28 48 34 16 35 44 70 92 0.37 196.4 188.80 6.91S
Path coordinates are referred to WGS84 (as used by GPS).
2405 is triple : 6.6 10.1 2.00" 13.0 : 6.6 14.0 24" 197.0
Graze Path of component #2 3.55km South, and 0.4 secs. earlier cf. primary.
Graze Path of component #3 42.66km North, and 0.8 secs. earlier cf. primary.
2405 = NSV 07935, 6.58 +/- 0.03 V , Type E:
Librations Long -2.04 Lat +6.33
P +188.6 D +6.8
Illumination of moon 70%-
Elongation of Moon 114
Vertical Profile Scale 1.87 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
Horizontal Scale Factor 1.21 deg/min
Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in mm)
CA\Tdia 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
2.9 4.9 6.3 7.1 7.6 8.0 8.3 8.5
4.9 5.0 6.4 7.2 7.8 8.1 8.4 8.6
6.9 5.7 7.2 8.0 8.5 8.9 9.2 9.4
8.9 5.7 7.2 8.0 8.6 8.9 9.2 9.4
10.9 5.8 7.2 8.0 8.6 9.0 9.2 9.4
Lunar Limb Profile
