Predictions for Grazing Occultation of ZC 2084, 2009 Feb 15

Grazing Occultation of    2084 A3      Magnitude 6.5 [Red = 6.4]   
Date: 2009 Feb 15 14h 57m,  to  2009 Feb 15 15h  2m

Nominal site altitude 100m

E. Longit.   Latitude     U.T.    Sun  Moon   TanZ   PA    AA      CA
   o  '  "    o  '  "   h  m  s   Alt Alt Az          o     o      o
 171  0  0  -41 56 17  14 56 57       52  68  0.79 209.4 191.18  10.13S
 171 10  0  -42  3 51  14 57 21       52  68  0.79 209.4 191.16  10.11S
 171 20  0  -42 11 23  14 57 45       52  67  0.78 209.4 191.13  10.08S
 171 30  0  -42 18 54  14 58  9       52  67  0.78 209.3 191.11  10.06S
 171 40  0  -42 26 23  14 58 33       52  66  0.78 209.3 191.09  10.04S
 171 50  1  -42 33 50  14 58 57       52  66  0.77 209.3 191.07  10.02S
 172  0  1  -42 41 16  14 59 21       52  66  0.77 209.3 191.04   9.99S
 172 10  1  -42 48 41  14 59 44       53  65  0.76 209.2 191.02   9.97S
 172 20  1  -42 56  3  15  0  8       53  65  0.76 209.2 190.99   9.94S
 172 30  1  -43  3 24  15  0 32       53  64  0.76 209.2 190.97   9.92S
 172 40  1  -43 10 44  15  0 56       53  64  0.75 209.2 190.94   9.89S
 172 50  1  -43 18  2  15  1 19       53  63  0.75 209.1 190.92   9.87S
 173  0  1  -43 25 18  15  1 43       53  63  0.75 209.1 190.89   9.84S

Path coordinates are referred to WGS84 (as used by GPS), with the
nominal site altitude being referenced to Mean Sea Level.


                Librations  Long +6.08   Lat +6.29
                            P +191.72     D +5.27
      Illumination of moon  62%-
        Elongation of Moon  104
    Vertical Profile Scale  2.22 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
   Horizontal Scale Factor  1.51 deg/min


At longitude 172.00:
Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in cm)
      CA\Tdia   5    10    15    20    25    30    35
     6.0      5.7   7.2   8.0   8.5   8.9   9.2   9.4
     8.0      5.7   7.2   8.0   8.5   8.9   9.2   9.4
    10.0      5.8   7.2   8.0   8.6   8.9   9.2   9.4
    12.0      5.8   7.2   8.0   8.6   8.9   9.2   9.4
    14.0      5.8   7.2   8.1   8.6   9.0   9.2   9.4

Lunar Limb Profile

Lunar Limb Profile