Predictions for Grazing Occultation of S183713, 2009 Sep 22
Grazing Occultation of 183713 A5 Magnitude 7.4 [Red = 7.2]
Date: 2009 Sep 23 10h 44m, to 2009 Sep 23 10h 51m
Nominal site altitude 5m
E. Longit. Latitude U.T. Sun Moon TanZ PA AA CA
o ' " o ' " h m s Alt Alt Az o o o
115 0 0 -31 16 39 10 44 17 -7 52 269 0.79 185.7 171.86 9.92S
115 12 0 -31 14 26 10 44 37 -7 51 269 0.80 185.6 171.80 9.98S
115 24 0 -31 12 11 10 44 56 -7 51 269 0.80 185.6 171.74 10.05S
115 36 0 -31 9 55 10 45 16 -7 51 269 0.81 185.5 171.67 10.11S
115 48 0 -31 7 37 10 45 35 -8 51 269 0.82 185.5 171.61 10.17S
116 0 0 -31 5 17 10 45 54 -8 50 268 0.83 185.4 171.55 10.23S
116 12 0 -31 2 55 10 46 13 -8 50 268 0.83 185.3 171.49 10.29S
116 24 0 -31 0 31 10 46 32 -8 50 268 0.84 185.3 171.43 10.35S
116 36 0 -30 58 6 10 46 51 -9 50 268 0.85 185.2 171.37 10.41S
116 48 0 -30 55 39 10 47 10 -9 50 268 0.85 185.2 171.32 10.47S
117 0 0 -30 53 10 10 47 29 -9 49 267 0.86 185.1 171.26 10.52S
117 12 0 -30 50 39 10 47 48 -9 49 267 0.87 185.0 171.20 10.58S
117 24 0 -30 48 7 10 48 7 -10 49 267 0.88 185.0 171.14 10.64S
117 36 0 -30 45 32 10 48 25 -10 49 267 0.88 184.9 171.08 10.70S
117 48 0 -30 42 56 10 48 44 -10 48 267 0.89 184.9 171.03 10.76S
118 0 0 -30 40 19 10 49 3 -10 48 267 0.90 184.8 170.97 10.81S
118 12 0 -30 37 39 10 49 21 -11 48 266 0.91 184.8 170.91 10.87S
118 24 0 -30 34 58 10 49 39 -11 48 266 0.91 184.7 170.86 10.93S
118 36 0 -30 32 15 10 49 58 -11 47 266 0.92 184.6 170.80 10.98S
118 48 0 -30 29 31 10 50 16 -11 47 266 0.93 184.6 170.75 11.04S
119 0 0 -30 26 45 10 50 34 -12 47 266 0.94 184.5 170.69 11.09S
Path coordinates are referred to WGS84 (as used by GPS), with the
nominal site altitude being referenced to Mean Sea Level.
Librations Long +5.59 Lat +5.57
P +171.81 D +6.61
Illumination of moon 24%+
Elongation of Moon 58
Vertical Profile Scale 1.87 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
Horizontal Scale Factor 1.40 deg/min
At longitude 117.00:
Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in cm)
CA\Tdia 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
6.5 6.1 7.5 8.4 8.9 9.3 9.6 9.9
8.5 6.1 7.5 8.4 8.9 9.3 9.7 9.9
10.5 6.1 7.6 8.4 8.9 9.4 9.7 9.9
12.5 6.1 7.6 8.4 9.0 9.4 9.7 9.9
14.5 6.1 7.6 8.4 9.0 9.4 9.7 9.9
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