Predictions for Grazing Occultation of R 2830, 2013 Apr

Graze profile
Grazing Occultation of    2830dA0      Magnitude 7.1 [Red = 7.0]   
Date: 2013 Apr 03 14h 41m,  to  2013 Apr 03 14h 44m

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
 170  0  0  -42 36 56  14 40 58       27  89  1.97 173.7 181.28   1.45S
 170 10  0  -42 38 59  14 41  5       27  89  1.95 173.7 181.26   1.43S
 170 20  0  -42 41  2  14 41 13       27  89  1.94 173.7 181.24   1.41S
 170 30  0  -42 43  4  14 41 20       27  89  1.93 173.7 181.22   1.39S
 170 40  0  -42 45  6  14 41 28       28  88  1.92 173.7 181.20   1.37S
 170 50  1  -42 47  7  14 41 35       28  88  1.91 173.6 181.18   1.35S
 171  0  1  -42 49  7  14 41 43       28  88  1.89 173.6 181.16   1.33S
 171 10  1  -42 51  7  14 41 51       28  88  1.88 173.6 181.14   1.32S
 171 20  1  -42 53  6  14 41 59       28  88  1.87 173.6 181.13   1.30S
 171 30  1  -42 55  5  14 42  6       28  88  1.86 173.6 181.11   1.28S
 171 40  1  -42 57  3  14 42 14       28  87  1.85 173.5 181.09   1.26S
 171 50  1  -42 59  0  14 42 22       29  87  1.84 173.5 181.07   1.24S
 172  0  1  -43  0 57  14 42 30       29  87  1.83 173.5 181.05   1.22S
 172 10  2  -43  2 53  14 42 38       29  87  1.82 173.5 181.03   1.20S
 172 20  2  -43  4 49  14 42 46       29  87  1.80 173.5 181.01   1.18S
 172 30  2  -43  6 44  14 42 54       29  87  1.79 173.4 180.99   1.16S
 172 40  2  -43  8 38  14 43  2       29  87  1.78 173.4 180.97   1.14S
 172 50  2  -43 10 32  14 43 10       29  86  1.77 173.4 180.95   1.12S
 173  0  2  -43 12 25  14 43 18       30  86  1.76 173.4 180.93   1.10S
 173 10  2  -43 14 18  14 43 26       30  86  1.75 173.4 180.91   1.08S
 173 20  2  -43 16 10  14 43 34       30  86  1.74 173.3 180.89   1.06S
 173 30  3  -43 18  1  14 43 42       30  86  1.73 173.3 180.87   1.04S
 173 40  3  -43 19 52  14 43 51       30  86  1.72 173.3 180.85   1.02S
 173 50  3  -43 21 42  14 43 59       30  85  1.71 173.3 180.83   1.00S

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

2830 is double: 
  AB 6.9 13.0 5.1" 203.6 (RST3223) Graze path of B 9.34 km north, and 5.0 secs earlier compared to A

    C A S S I N I   R E G I O N   G R A Z E
                Librations  Long +3.43   Lat -6.41
                            P +180.68     D -6.22
      Illumination of moon  45%-
        Elongation of Moon  84
    Vertical Profile Scale  2.06 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
   Horizontal Scale Factor  1.79 deg/min


At longitude 172.00:
Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in cm)
      CA\Tdia   5    10    15    20    25    30    35
    -2.8      3.0   4.4   5.1   5.6   5.8   6.0   6.1
    -0.8      3.0   4.4   5.1   5.6   5.8   6.0   6.1
     1.2      4.8   6.2   7.0   7.5   7.8   8.0   8.2
     3.2      4.8   6.3   7.0   7.5   7.8   8.0   8.2
     5.2      5.6   7.1   7.8   8.3   8.7   8.9   9.1

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Double star catalogue details
WDS entries 
 
  RA  Dec Name          Y1   Y2     N  PA  PA   Sep   Sep  M1    M2 
19238-1712RST3223      1935 1999    3 206 204   5.3   5.1  6.9  13.0  A0V       +008-032          -17 5611   D  192348.94-171144.6 
 
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Interferometric catalogue entries 
 
192348.94-171144.6  .                         RST3223                   BD-17 5611   HIP  95343         19238-1712     
    Date       PA              Sep                  M1             M2 
  1991.25        .      .   <  0.1        .         7.06    .       .      .       511 222   0.3   1  HIP1997e Hh      
 

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Results of Observer Scan                                    UT
Site                              Long.   Lat.   Dist.    h  m  s
Chch graze                        172.6  -43.5    42km   14 43  0

 

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