THE UPDATED PATH
(Note: The duration given in the line below is the interval during which the occultation shadow sweeps across the Earth - please see the minute markers on the map to determine the approximate the time for your location)
On 2004 Apr 06 UT, the 64 km diameter asteroid (258) Tyche will occult a 11.0 mag star in the constellation Virgo for observers along a path across New Zealand.
In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by 2.0 mag to 12.8 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 4.2 seconds.
This update is based on UNSO/Flagstaff astrometry for the asteroid kindly provided by Ron Stone, TMO astrometry for the asteroid kindly provided by Bill Owen, historical astrometry from the MPC files (via AstDys), and the following catalogs for the star position: UCAC.
Additional details of this and other events are available at Steve Preston's website at http://www.asteroidoccultation.com/
EVENT DETAILS SUMMARY :Important Note regarding Accuracy:
The uncertainty interval in path widths given above (and shown as a 1-sigma uncertainty ellipse on the plot) refers to RMS deviation and is applied as a +/- range. In other words, a path uncertainty of 1.0 path widths means that the actual center of the asteroid's shadow path should fall within plus or minus 1 path width of the plotted path center. However path errors larger than 1 sigma have been observed so observers should be alert for primary occultations within plus or minus 3 sigma of the updated path.
Further, almost all asteroidal satellites discovered so far have been found within 10 diameters of the asteroid (since this distance is deep enough within the gravitational well to be stable over long timescales). Therefore, if monitoring for secondary events, observing out to about 10 path-widths either side of the predicted track remains worthwhile.
We therefore recommend that you monitor for events if your observing location is up to +/- 10 path-widths from the predicted track. If not monitoring for occultations by secondary bodies you should observe from locations within 3 sigma of the nominal path.
In terms of time, the predictions are now usually accurate to about +/- 0.3 minute so you should be most attentive during the predicted minute of the event. However if intending to catch a potential satellite occultation you should start observing at least 10 times the predicted central duration before the predicted closest approach time for your location, and continue for a similar period afterwards.
Centre Star Star Sun Path Limits Error Limits E. Longitude Latitude U.T. Alt Az Alt Limit 1 Limit 2 Limit 3 Limit 4 o ' " o ' " h m s o o o o ' " o ' " o ' " o ' " Longitude Longitude Longitude Longitude ... .. .. -15 0 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. ... .. .. 147 34 6 ... .. .. ... .. .. -16 0 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. 147 6 4 ... .. .. 150 0 24 ... .. .. 148 21 7 -17 0 0 8 8 25 14 95 -2 149 32 28 147 6 8 152 12 57 ... .. .. 150 38 50 -18 0 0 8 8 18 16 94 -4 151 44 49 149 30 6 154 14 55 146 29 28 152 44 30 -19 0 0 8 8 10 19 93 -6 153 46 24 151 40 23 156 8 25 148 54 13 154 40 40 -20 0 0 8 8 2 20 92 -8 155 39 22 153 40 7 157 54 54 151 4 45 156 29 7 -21 0 0 8 7 54 22 91 -10 157 25 15 155 31 26 159 35 30 153 4 26 158 11 8 -22 0 0 8 7 45 24 90 -11 159 5 10 157 15 46 161 11 1 154 55 28 159 47 41 -23 0 0 8 7 37 25 89 -13 160 39 58 158 54 13 162 42 9 156 39 22 161 19 30 -24 0 0 8 7 28 26 88 -14 162 10 19 160 27 38 164 9 23 158 17 16 162 47 10 -25 0 0 8 7 19 28 87 -15 163 36 44 161 56 38 165 33 11 159 50 2 164 11 10 -26 0 0 8 7 11 29 86 -17 164 59 41 163 21 46 166 53 54 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0 0 8 1 51 29 33 -24 -159 57 57 -162 19 18 -157 9 12 -165 13 3 -160 34 57 -67 0 0 8 1 45 29 32 -24 -159 21 52 -161 48 30 -156 26 47 -164 48 49 -160 2 31 -68 0 0 8 1 40 28 31 -23 -158 46 32 -161 19 1 -155 44 30 -164 26 32 -159 31 12 -69 0 0 8 1 34 27 31 -22 -158 12 1 -160 50 56 -155 2 18 -164 6 25 -159 1 6 -70 0 0 8 1 29 26 30 -22 -157 38 22 -160 24 25 -154 20 9 -163 48 45 -158 32 22 -71 0 0 8 1 24 25 29 -21 -157 5 40 -159 59 39 -153 38 0 -163 33 51 -158 5 9 -72 0 0 8 1 19 25 28 -21 -156 34 3 -159 36 54 -152 55 49 -163 22 9 -157 39 40 -73 0 0 8 1 14 24 28 -20 -156 3 36 -159 16 27 -152 13 31 -163 14 8 -157 16 13 -74 0 0 8 1 9 23 27 -19 -155 34 32 -158 58 40 -151 31 3 -163 10 28 -156 55 7 -75 0 0 8 1 4 22 27 -18 -155 7 3 -158 44 3 -150 48 18 -163 11 59 -156 36 51 -76 0 0 8 1 0 21 26 -18 -154 41 26 -158 33 13 -150 5 10 -163 19 46 -156 21 59 -77 0 0 8 0 56 20 26 -17 -154 18 3 -158 26 59 -149 21 30 -163 35 14 -156 11 19 -78 0 0 8 0 52 19 25 -16 -153 57 24 -158 26 29 -148 37 7 -164 0 19 -156 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