Predictions for Grazing Occultation of ZC 2134, 2009 Jun 5

Grazing Occultation of    2134SK4      Magnitude 5.9 [Red = 5.2]   
Date: 2009 Jun 05  9h  8m,  to  2009 Jun 05  9h 25m

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
 172 30  0  -34 50  0   9  8  2       67  60  0.42  27.1  10.13  19.63N
 172 40  0  -34 55 52   9  8 32       67  59  0.42  27.0  10.08  19.59N
 172 50  0  -35  1 41   9  9  1       68  59  0.41  27.0  10.04  19.54N
 173  0  0  -35  7 29   9  9 30       68  58  0.41  26.9   9.99  19.50N
 173 10  0  -35 13 15   9  9 59       68  57  0.41  26.9   9.95  19.45N
 173 20  1  -35 18 59   9 10 29       68  57  0.40  26.9   9.90  19.41N
 173 30  1  -35 24 41   9 10 58       68  56  0.40  26.8   9.86  19.36N
 173 40  1  -35 30 21   9 11 27       68  55  0.40  26.8   9.81  19.31N
 173 50  1  -35 35 59   9 11 56       68  55  0.39  26.7   9.77  19.27N
 174  0  1  -35 41 35   9 12 25       69  54  0.39  26.7   9.72  19.22N
 174 10  1  -35 47  9   9 12 54       69  53  0.39  26.6   9.67  19.17N
 174 20  1  -35 52 41   9 13 24       69  53  0.39  26.6   9.62  19.13N
 174 30  1  -35 58 12   9 13 53       69  52  0.38  26.5   9.58  19.08N
 174 40  2  -36  3 40   9 14 22       69  51  0.38  26.5   9.53  19.03N
 174 50  2  -36  9  6   9 14 51       69  50  0.38  26.4   9.48  18.98N
 175  0  2  -36 14 30   9 15 20       69  50  0.38  26.4   9.43  18.93N
 175 10  2  -36 19 52   9 15 49       69  49  0.37  26.3   9.38  18.88N
 175 20  2  -36 25 12   9 16 18       70  48  0.37  26.3   9.33  18.83N
 175 30  2  -36 30 30   9 16 47       70  47  0.37  26.2   9.28  18.78N
 175 40  2  -36 35 46   9 17 16       70  47  0.37  26.2   9.23  18.73N
 175 50  2  -36 41  0   9 17 44       70  46  0.37  26.1   9.18  18.68N
 176  0  3  -36 46 12   9 18 13       70  45  0.36  26.1   9.13  18.63N
 176 10  3  -36 51 22   9 18 42       70  44  0.36  26.0   9.08  18.58N
 176 20  3  -36 56 30   9 19 11       70  43  0.36  26.0   9.03  18.53N
 176 30  3  -37  1 36   9 19 39       70  43  0.36  25.9   8.98  18.48N
 176 40  3  -37  6 40   9 20  8       70  42  0.36  25.9   8.92  18.43N
 176 50  3  -37 11 42   9 20 37       70  41  0.35  25.8   8.87  18.37N
 177  0  3  -37 16 42   9 21  5       71  40  0.35  25.8   8.82  18.32N
 177 10  3  -37 21 40   9 21 34       71  39  0.35  25.7   8.77  18.27N
 177 20  3  -37 26 36   9 22  3       71  38  0.35  25.7   8.71  18.22N
 177 30  4  -37 31 30   9 22 31       71  38  0.35  25.6   8.66  18.16N
 177 40  4  -37 36 21   9 22 59       71  37  0.35  25.6   8.61  18.11N
 177 50  4  -37 41 11   9 23 28       71  36  0.35  25.5   8.55  18.05N
 178  0  4  -37 45 59   9 23 56       71  35  0.34  25.4   8.50  18.00N
 178 10  4  -37 50 45   9 24 25       71  34  0.34  25.4   8.44  17.95N
 178 20  4  -37 55 28   9 24 53       71  33  0.34  25.3   8.39  17.89N
 178 30  4  -38  0 10   9 25 21       71  33  0.34  25.3   8.33  17.84N

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

Projected diameter of star  3 meters

      2134 is multiple: AE  5.9 13.0      266.6 : AC  5.9           265.0 : AB  5.8  7.9 25.4" 306.5 : AD  5.9      197" 249.7

                Librations  Long +5.11   Lat +6.09
                            P +9.80     D -4.93
      Illumination of moon  95%+
        Elongation of Moon  153
    Vertical Profile Scale  1.96 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
   Horizontal Scale Factor  1.32 deg/min


At longitude 175.50:
Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in cm)
      CA\Tdia   5    10    15    20    25    30    35
    14.8      4.7   6.1   6.9   7.4   7.8   8.0   8.2
    16.8      5.0   6.5   7.3   7.8   8.2   8.4   8.6
    18.8      5.5   6.9   7.7   8.3   8.6   8.9   9.1
    20.8      5.5   7.0   7.8   8.3   8.7   9.0   9.2
    22.8      5.5   7.0   7.8   8.3   8.7   9.0   9.2

Lunar Limb Profile

Lunar Limb Profile