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BRIGHT STARS OCCULTED BY THE MOON:
NEW ZEALAND - 1999

EXPLANATION OF THE TABLE
Date :
Universal Time (UT). UT is effectively equivalent to Greenwich Mean Time. In New Zealand, add 12 hours to UT to get NZ Standard Time, or add 13 hours to get NZ Daylight Time.
ZC :
Star number in Robertson's Zodiacal Catalog.
Mag :
Star Magnitude.
Ev :
Event, either a Disappearance of the star behind the edge of the Moon, or a Reappearance of the star from behind the lunar limb. All events listed take place at the dark limb (except for the lunar eclipse events on July 28). Disappearances occur before Full Moon when the Moon's eastern limb is dark. Reappearances occur after Full Moon when the Moon's western limb is dark.
% :
Percentage of the moon illuminated; "+" indicates waxing and "-" waning. E indicates a lunar eclipse.
Auck/Well/Chch/Dunedin :
Time of the occultation at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin, expressed in hours and decimal minutes of Universal Time. Because the actual time of an event depends very much on the observer's physical location, times given are approximate and may vary by a minute or two across a distance of several tens of kilometres.
CA :
Cusp Angle, or angle around the moon's limb at which the occultation occurs. This is measured from the Northern or Southern cusp of the Moon in the direction of the unlit part of the Moon.
Notes :
For a double or triple star, the magnitudes of the components and the separation in seconds of arc.
For a variable star, the magnitudes between which the star varies.

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Date      ZC  Mag  Ev  %      Auck CA      Well CA      Chch CA      Dudn CA    Notes 
------  ----  ---  -- --      ---- --      ---- --      ---- --      ---- --    -----
Feb  8  2198  5.7  R  48-     No occ    16 43.8  9N  16 55.8 27N  17 03.2 39N
Feb 23   653  4.8  D  52+   7 47.9 51N   7 40.9 60N   7 34.6 63N     No Occ
Feb 25   995  4.1  D  75+  11 28.2 81S  11 25.3 71S  11 21.9 65S  11 18.7 58S     (1) 
Mar 11  2658  5.8  R  37-  14 40.6 31N  14 53.2 46N  14 58.1 55N  15 02.7 63N     (2) 
Mar 12  2814  4.9  R  27-  16 46.2 82N  16 50.6 84S  16 49.8 75S  16 48.4 66S     (3) 

Apr 19   718  6.0  D  14+   7 39.8 14N   7 23.3 36N   7 15.1 45N   7 07.6 52N
Apr 23  1310  3.9  D  55+   6 46.4 28N   6 40.2 43N   6 33.9 49N   6 29.1 55N
May  7  2987  4.8  R  60-  17 55.5 52S  17 38.7 28S  17 14.3  2S     No Occ       (4) 
May 10  3388  5.4  R  29-     No Occ    16 53.0 21N  16 58.7 34N  17 03.0 45N     (5) 
May 11  3526  4.9  R  19-  16 53.1 68S  16 48.9 48S  16 44.1 37S  16 35.4 18S     (6) 

May 11  3535  5.1  R  19-  18 56.7 79N  18 56.8 86S  18 53.7 81S  18 50.7 76S     (7) 
May 19  1127  5.9  D  19+   6 50.0 56S   6 52.1 43S   6 53.4 31S   6 58.4 14S     (8) 
Jun  5  3206  5.1  R  66-  14 29.8 78N  14 31.8 86S  14 29.2 79S  14 26.3 70S
Jun 16  1205  6.3  D   8+   5 55.1 81N   5 51.6 87S   5 48.2 80S   5 45.2 72S
Jun 19  1576  5.3  D  34+   6 03.9 84S   6 06.9 73S   6 05.8 65S   6 05.7 57S

Jun 26  2372  4.3  D  95+    No Occ     14 15.2 34N  14 06.7 43N  13 58.7 51N
Jul 28  2987  4.8  D 100E  10 45.2 55N  ***********  ***********  ***********     (4) 
Jul 28  2987  4.8  R 100E  11 36.0 41N  11 47.4 17N  11 45.7  9N  11 43.9  1N     (4) 
Aug  1  3526  4.9  R  82-    No Occ     13 32.8 19N  12 40.1 34N  12 44.3 45N     (6)
Sep  2   648  3.8  R  52-  16 49.9 76N  16 52.0 86N  16 49.0 89N  16 46.7 89S

Sep  2   653  4.8  R  52-  17 26.0 64S  17 22.5 54S  17 17.9 52S  17 13.7 49S
Sep  2   658  4.3  R  52-     No Occ    18 14.3 37N  18 12.1 41N  18 09.8 45N     (9)
										
Sep 22  3173  5.2  D  90+  14 31.5 65N  14 22.4 75N  14 17.2 77N  14 11.5 79N    (10)
Sep 23  3307  4.8  D  95+  12 52.8 12N  12 31.0 36N  12 22.5 40N  12 13.9 44N    (11)
Sep 27   327  4.4  R  93-  17 33.8 74S  17 26.1 67S  17 19.9 64S  17 13.4 61S    (12)

Oct 29  1047  5.3  R  70-  15 59.4 13N  16 17.5 38N  16 17.2 43N  16 16.6 48N    (13)
Nov 21   327  4.4  D  95+  12 51.9 74S  12 47.2 66S  12 41.7 64S  12 36.4 62S    (12)
Nov 26  1129  5.2  R  84-  14 42.8 89N  14 44.7 83S  14 41.7 79S  14 39.0 76S    (14)
Dec 12  3017  5.2  D  16+   9 00.4 67S   8 56.1 56S   8 52.9 53S   8 49.4 50S    (15)
Dec 29  1813  5.7  R  49-  15 17.3 80N  15 25.6 87N  15 27.1 87S  15 28.8 82S    (16)
NOTES TO THE TABLE: 
 (1) ZC  995: Triple star; mags 4.3 & 6.0, Sep 0.2 arcsec; & mag 8.6
 (2) ZC 2658: Variable Star Y Sgr; Magnitude Range 5.3-6.3
             Also double Star; mags 6.2 & 6.2, Sep 0.05 arcsec
 (3) ZC 2814: Double star; mags 5.8 & 5.8, Sep 0.1 arcsec
 (4) ZC 2987: Triple star; mags 5.2 & 7.2, Sep 1.1 arcsec; & mag 6.7, Sep 56.8 arcsec
 (5) ZC 3388: Double star; mags 6.2 & 6.3, Sep 0.2 arcsec
 (6) ZC 3526: Double star; mags 5.1 & 10.4, Sep 1.3 arcsec
 (7) ZC 3535 - May 11: Sun altitude = -3 deg (Ak),-5 deg (Wn),-7deg (Ch),-10 deg (Dn)
 (8) ZC 1127: Double star; mags 6.7 & 6.7, Sep 0.1 arcsec
 (9) ZC  658: Triple star: mags 4.2 & 7.5, Sep 1.6 arcsec; & mag 8.7, Sep 84.4 arcsec
(10) ZC 3173: Double star; mags 5.5 & 7.5, Sep 0.005 arcsec
(11) ZC 3307: Double star; mags 5.7 & 5.7, Sep 0.05 arcsec
(12) ZC  327: Double star; mags 5.3 & 5.3, Sep 0.1 arcsec
(13) ZC 1047: Double star; mags 6.1 & 6.1, Sep 0.1 arcsec
(14) ZC 1129: Triple star; mags 5.9 & 6.4, Sepn 0.001 arcsec; & mag 7.5, Sep 0.05 arcsec
(15) ZC 3017 - Dec 12: Sun altitude at Dunedin -5 degrees
(16) ZC 1813: Variable star FW Vir, Magnitude Range 5.6-5.7

Data on this page computed with David Herald's OCCULT software.

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