Predictions for Grazing Occultation of ZC3465, 2016 Nov10
Graze profile
Grazing Occultation of 3465SF8 Magnitude 6.5 [Red = 6.2]
Date: 2016 Nov 10 11h 38m, to 2016 Nov 10 12h 14m
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
110 0 0 -33 25 28.0 11 37 52 -5 56 35 0.67 153.0 177.78 3.28S
110 30 0 -33 13 17.4 11 38 51 -6 57 34 0.66 152.9 177.67 3.40S
111 0 0 -33 0 55.5 11 39 51 -6 57 33 0.65 152.8 177.56 3.51S
111 30 0 -32 48 22.3 11 40 51 -7 58 32 0.64 152.7 177.44 3.62S
112 0 0 -32 35 37.8 11 41 53 -8 58 30 0.62 152.6 177.33 3.73S
112 30 0 -32 22 41.8 11 42 55 -8 59 29 0.61 152.5 177.23 3.84S
113 0 0 -32 9 34.5 11 43 58 -9 59 28 0.60 152.4 177.12 3.95S
113 30 0 -31 56 15.8 11 45 3 -10 60 27 0.59 152.3 177.01 4.05S
114 0 0 -31 42 45.7 11 46 8 -10 60 26 0.58 152.2 176.90 4.16S
114 30 0 -31 29 4.2 11 47 14 -11 61 24 0.56 152.0 176.80 4.26S
115 0 0 -31 15 11.4 11 48 21 -12 61 23 0.55 151.9 176.69 4.37S
115 30 0 -31 1 7.3 11 49 29 61 22 0.54 151.8 176.59 4.47S
116 0 0 -30 46 52.0 11 50 38 62 20 0.53 151.7 176.49 4.57S
116 30 0 -30 32 25.5 11 51 48 62 19 0.52 151.6 176.39 4.67S
117 0 0 -30 17 47.9 11 52 59 63 17 0.51 151.5 176.29 4.77S
117 30 0 -30 2 59.3 11 54 11 63 16 0.50 151.4 176.20 4.87S
118 0 0 -29 47 59.8 11 55 23 64 14 0.49 151.4 176.10 4.96S
118 30 0 -29 32 49.5 11 56 37 64 12 0.49 151.3 176.01 5.05S
119 0 0 -29 17 28.6 11 57 51 64 11 0.48 151.2 175.92 5.14S
119 30 0 -29 1 57.3 11 59 7 65 9 0.47 151.1 175.83 5.23S
120 0 0 -28 46 15.6 12 0 23 65 7 0.46 151.0 175.75 5.31S
120 30 0 -28 30 23.9 12 1 40 66 5 0.45 150.9 175.67 5.39S
121 0 0 -28 14 22.4 12 2 59 66 3 0.45 150.8 175.59 5.47S
121 30 0 -27 58 11.2 12 4 18 66 1 0.44 150.8 175.50 5.56S
122 0 0 -27 41 50.6 12 5 37 66 359 0.44 150.7 175.43 5.63S
122 30 0 -27 25 21.0 12 6 58 67 357 0.43 150.6 175.36 5.70S
123 0 0 -27 8 42.6 12 8 19 67 355 0.43 150.5 175.30 5.77S
123 30 0 -26 51 55.7 12 9 42 67 353 0.42 150.5 175.23 5.83S
124 0 0 -26 35 0.7 12 11 5 67 350 0.42 150.4 175.18 5.89S
124 30 0 -26 17 58.0 12 12 28 67 348 0.42 150.4 175.12 5.94S
125 0 0 -26 0 47.8 12 13 53 68 346 0.41 150.3 175.07 5.99S
Path coordinates are referred to WGS84 (as used by GPS), with the
nominal site altitude being referenced to Mean Sea Level. The path
is adjusted for the effects of refraction at low moon altitudes.
3465 is triple:
AD 6.6 12.1" 222.0 (GZA 1) Graze path of D approximately 8.5 km north, and 29.8 secs earlier compared to A
- refer to graze profile for exact distances
A,BC 6.6 451" 262.0 (KO 3) Graze path of BC approximately 332.3 km south, and 1101.5 secs earlier compared to A
- refer to graze profile for exact distances
Librations Long -6.47 Lat +1.01
P +176.08 D +0.84
Illumination of moon 78%+
Elongation of Moon 124
Vertical Profile Scale approx. 2.02 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
Horizontal Scale Factor 1.36 deg/min
At longitude 117.50:
Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in cm)
CA\Tdia 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
0.9 2.8 4.2 5.0 5.5 5.8 6.0 6.2
2.9 4.4 5.8 6.6 7.1 7.5 7.7 7.9
4.9 4.8 6.2 7.0 7.5 7.9 8.2 8.3
6.9 5.0 6.5 7.3 7.8 8.2 8.4 8.6
8.9 5.7 7.1 7.9 8.5 8.8 9.1 9.3
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Results of Observer Scan UT
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Lunar Limb Profile
