Predictions for Grazing Occultation of SAO 184209, 2008 Oct 31

Grazing Occultation of  184209  K0      Magnitude   7.7 
Date   2008 October 31    (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
 113  0  0  -23 10 32  12  7 44        8 245  6.97 177.6 166.78  21.36S
 113 10  0  -23  5 32  12  7 47        8 245  7.13 177.6 166.78  21.35S
 113 20  0  -23  0 32  12  7 49        8 245  7.31 177.6 166.78  21.35S
 113 30  0  -22 55 32  12  7 52        8 245  7.48 177.6 166.78  21.36S
 113 40  0  -22 50 31  12  7 55        7 245  7.67 177.6 166.78  21.36S
 113 50  0  -22 45 31  12  7 58        7 245  7.87 177.6 166.78  21.36S
 114  0  0  -22 40 31  12  8  1        7 245  8.08 177.6 166.77  21.36S
 114 10  0  -22 35 30  12  8  3        7 245  8.29 177.6 166.77  21.36S
 114 20  0  -22 30 30  12  8  6        7 245  8.52 177.6 166.77  21.36S
 114 30  0  -22 25 29  12  8  8        7 245  8.77 177.6 166.77  21.36S
 114 40  0  -22 20 29  12  8 11        6 245  9.02 177.6 166.77  21.37S
 114 50  0  -22 15 29  12  8 13        6 245  9.29 177.6 166.77  21.37S
 115  0  0  -22 10 28  12  8 15        6 244  9.58 177.6 166.77  21.37S
 115 10  0  -22  5 28  12  8 17        6 244  9.89 177.6 166.77  21.37S
 115 20  0  -22  0 27  12  8 19        6 244 10.21 177.6 166.77  21.37S
 115 30  0  -21 55 27  12  8 22        5 244 10.56 177.6 166.77  21.37S
 115 40  0  -21 50 27  12  8 24        5 244 10.93 177.6 166.77  21.37S
 115 50  0  -21 45 26  12  8 25        5 244 11.33 177.6 166.77  21.37S
 116  0  0  -21 40 26  12  8 27        5 244 11.75 177.6 166.77  21.37S

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

                Librations  Long +0.43   Lat +5.88
                            P +166.8     D +6.1
      Illumination of moon  6%+
        Elongation of Moon  28
    Vertical Profile Scale  1.92 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
   Horizontal Scale Factor  1.99 deg/min

Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in mm)
      CA\Tdia  50   100   150   200   250   300   350
    17.4      6.8   8.3   9.1   9.7  10.1  10.5  10.7
    19.4      6.8   8.3   9.1   9.7  10.1  10.5  10.7
    21.4      6.8   8.3   9.1   9.7  10.1  10.5  10.7
    23.4      6.8   8.3   9.1   9.7  10.1  10.5  10.7
    25.4      6.8   8.3   9.1   9.7  10.2  10.5  10.8

Lunar Limb Profile