Predictions for Grazing Occultation of ZC 3075, 2014 Oct 4
Graze profile
Grazing Occultation of 3075 F3 Magnitude 7.0 [Red = 6.8]
Date: 2014 Oct 04 7h 47m, to 2014 Oct 04 8h 6m
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
167 0 0 -45 38 39 7 46 52 -8 52 32 0.77 161.5 178.80 5.38S
167 30 0 -45 32 44 7 47 35 -9 53 31 0.76 161.4 178.70 5.47S
168 0 0 -45 26 41 7 48 19 -9 53 30 0.75 161.4 178.61 5.56S
168 30 0 -45 20 29 7 49 4 -10 53 29 0.74 161.3 178.52 5.66S
169 0 0 -45 14 9 7 49 48 -10 54 28 0.73 161.2 178.42 5.75S
169 30 0 -45 7 40 7 50 34 -11 54 27 0.72 161.1 178.33 5.84S
170 0 0 -45 1 3 7 51 19 -11 54 26 0.72 161.0 178.24 5.94S
170 30 0 -44 54 17 7 52 6 -12 55 25 0.71 160.9 178.14 6.03S
171 0 0 -44 47 22 7 52 52 55 24 0.70 160.8 178.05 6.12S
171 30 0 -44 40 18 7 53 39 55 23 0.69 160.7 177.96 6.22S
172 0 0 -44 33 6 7 54 27 56 21 0.68 160.6 177.86 6.31S
172 30 0 -44 25 45 7 55 15 56 20 0.68 160.5 177.77 6.40S
173 0 0 -44 18 14 7 56 3 56 19 0.67 160.4 177.67 6.50S
173 30 0 -44 10 35 7 56 52 57 18 0.66 160.3 177.58 6.59S
174 0 0 -44 2 46 7 57 42 57 17 0.65 160.2 177.49 6.68S
174 30 0 -43 54 48 7 58 32 57 16 0.65 160.1 177.40 6.77S
175 0 0 -43 46 42 7 59 22 57 15 0.64 160.1 177.31 6.86S
175 30 0 -43 38 25 8 0 13 58 13 0.64 160.0 177.22 6.96S
176 0 0 -43 30 0 8 1 4 58 12 0.63 159.9 177.12 7.05S
176 30 0 -43 21 25 8 1 56 58 11 0.62 159.8 177.03 7.14S
177 0 0 -43 12 41 8 2 48 58 9 0.62 159.7 176.94 7.23S
177 30 0 -43 3 47 8 3 41 59 8 0.61 159.6 176.85 7.33S
178 0 0 -42 54 44 8 4 34 59 7 0.61 159.5 176.75 7.42S
178 30 0 -42 45 32 8 5 28 59 6 0.60 159.4 176.66 7.51S
179 0 0 -42 36 10 8 6 22 59 4 0.60 159.3 176.57 7.60S
Path coordinates are referred to WGS84 (as used by GPS), with the
nominal site altitude being referenced to Mean Sea Level.
C A S S I N I R E G I O N G R A Z E
Librations Long -2.08 Lat -6.65
P +177.89 D -6.47
Illumination of moon 78%+
Elongation of Moon 124
Vertical Profile Scale 2.14 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
Horizontal Scale Factor 1.50 deg/min
At longitude 173.00:
Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in cm)
CA\Tdia 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
2.5 3.7 5.2 6.0 6.5 6.8 7.0 7.2
4.5 4.7 6.2 7.0 7.5 7.8 8.1 8.3
6.5 4.8 6.3 7.1 7.6 8.0 8.2 8.4
8.5 5.6 7.1 7.9 8.4 8.8 9.0 9.2
10.5 5.6 7.1 7.9 8.4 8.8 9.0 9.2
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Results of Observer Scan UT
Site Long. Lat. Dist. h m s
Chch graze 172.6 -43.5 90km 7 55 28
Dunedin 170.5 -45.9 102km 7 52 5
Lunar Limb Profile
