Predictions for Grazing Occultation of ZC 2108, 2007 Sep 16

Grazing Occultation of    2108 cG2      Magnitude   6.6 
Date   2007 September 16    (Sunday)     Nominal site altitude  0m

E. Longit.   Latitude     U.T.    Sun  Moon   TanZ   PA    WA      CA
   o  '  "    o  '  "   h  m  s   Alt Alt Az          o     o      o
 174  0  0  -39 38 31   8 53 37       20 259  2.71 192.6 175.98   8.30S
 174 10  0  -39 35 45   8 53 43       20 259  2.73 192.6 175.96   8.33S
 174 20  0  -39 32 58   8 53 48       20 258  2.76 192.5 175.93   8.35S
 174 30  0  -39 30 10   8 53 54       20 258  2.78 192.5 175.90   8.38S
 174 40  0  -39 27 21   8 53 59       20 258  2.80 192.5 175.88   8.41S
 174 50  0  -39 24 31   8 54  5       19 258  2.83 192.5 175.85   8.43S
 175  0  0  -39 21 41   8 54 10       19 258  2.85 192.4 175.83   8.46S
 175 10  0  -39 18 50   8 54 15       19 258  2.88 192.4 175.80   8.48S
 175 20  0  -39 15 58   8 54 21       19 258  2.90 192.4 175.78   8.51S
 175 30  0  -39 13  6   8 54 26       19 258  2.93 192.4 175.75   8.53S
 175 40  0  -39 10 13   8 54 31       19 257  2.95 192.3 175.73   8.56S
 175 50  0  -39  7 19   8 54 36       19 257  2.98 192.3 175.70   8.58S
 176  0  0  -39  4 24   8 54 41       18 257  3.00 192.3 175.68   8.61S
 176 10  0  -39  1 29   8 54 46       18 257  3.03 192.3 175.65   8.63S
 176 20  0  -38 58 33   8 54 51       18 257  3.06 192.2 175.63   8.66S
 176 30  0  -38 55 36   8 54 56       18 257  3.09 192.2 175.60   8.68S
 176 40  0  -38 52 38   8 55  1       18 257  3.12 192.2 175.58   8.71S
 176 50  0  -38 49 40   8 55  6       18 257  3.14 192.2 175.55   8.73S
 177  0  0  -38 46 41   8 55 11       17 257  3.17 192.1 175.53   8.75S
 177 10  0  -38 43 41   8 55 16       17 256  3.20 192.1 175.51   8.78S
 177 20  0  -38 40 41   8 55 21       17 256  3.23 192.1 175.48   8.80S
 177 30  0  -38 37 40   8 55 25       17 256  3.27 192.1 175.46   8.83S
 177 40  0  -38 34 38   8 55 30       17 256  3.30 192.1 175.44   8.85S
 177 50  0  -38 31 35   8 55 35       17 256  3.33 192.0 175.41   8.87S
 178  0  0  -38 28 32   8 55 39       17 256  3.36 192.0 175.39   8.90S
 178 10  0  -38 25 28   8 55 44       16 256  3.39 192.0 175.37   8.92S
 178 20  0  -38 22 24   8 55 48       16 256  3.43 192.0 175.34   8.94S
 178 30  0  -38 19 18   8 55 53       16 255  3.46 191.9 175.32   8.97S

Path coordinates are referred to WGS84 (as used by GPS).

   2108 is double :   7.1  7.2   0.159"   48.5
Graze Path of component #2  0.23km South, and 0.2 secs. later cf. primary.

                Librations  Long -2.63   Lat +6.09
                            P +175.0     D +6.1
      Illumination of moon  20%+
        Elongation of Moon  53
    Vertical Profile Scale  1.93 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
   Horizontal Scale Factor  1.79 deg/min

Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in mm)
      CA\Tdia  50   100   150   200   250   300   350
     5.0      5.7   7.1   7.9   8.4   8.8   9.0   9.2
     7.0      5.7   7.2   8.0   8.5   8.8   9.1   9.3
     9.0      5.8   7.3   8.1   8.6   8.9   9.2   9.3
    11.0      5.9   7.3   8.1   8.6   9.0   9.2   9.4
    13.0      5.9   7.4   8.2   8.7   9.0   9.3   9.5

Lunar Limb Profile

Lunar Limb Profile