Predictions for Grazing Occultation of SAO 185573, 2008 Mar 28
Grazing Occultation of 185573 K5 Magnitude 6.8s
Date 2008 March 28 (Friday) 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
150 0 0 -26 33 46 16 11 35 50 103 0.84 191.2 188.50 8.03S
150 10 0 -26 38 38 16 11 55 50 103 0.84 191.1 188.46 7.99S
150 20 0 -26 43 28 16 12 15 50 103 0.83 191.1 188.42 7.95S
150 30 0 -26 48 16 16 12 35 51 103 0.82 191.0 188.38 7.91S
150 40 0 -26 53 4 16 12 55 51 102 0.82 191.0 188.34 7.87S
150 50 0 -26 57 50 16 13 15 51 102 0.81 191.0 188.30 7.83S
151 0 0 -27 2 34 16 13 35 51 102 0.80 190.9 188.26 7.78S
151 10 0 -27 7 17 16 13 55 51 102 0.80 190.9 188.22 7.74S
151 20 0 -27 11 59 16 14 15 52 102 0.79 190.8 188.17 7.70S
151 30 0 -27 16 40 16 14 35 52 102 0.78 190.8 188.13 7.66S
151 40 0 -27 21 19 16 14 55 52 102 0.78 190.7 188.09 7.61S
151 50 0 -27 25 57 16 15 15 52 101 0.77 190.7 188.04 7.57S
152 0 0 -27 30 33 16 15 36 53 101 0.76 190.7 188.00 7.53S
152 10 0 -27 35 8 16 15 56 53 101 0.76 190.6 187.95 7.48S
152 20 0 -27 39 41 16 16 16 53 101 0.75 190.6 187.91 7.44S
152 30 0 -27 44 13 16 16 37 53 101 0.74 190.5 187.86 7.39S
152 40 0 -27 48 44 16 16 57 54 101 0.74 190.5 187.82 7.35S
152 50 0 -27 53 13 16 17 18 54 100 0.73 190.4 187.77 7.30S
153 0 0 -27 57 41 16 17 38 54 100 0.73 190.4 187.73 7.25S
153 10 0 -28 2 7 16 17 59 54 100 0.72 190.3 187.68 7.21S
153 20 0 -28 6 32 16 18 19 55 100 0.71 190.3 187.63 7.16S
153 30 0 -28 10 55 16 18 40 55 100 0.71 190.2 187.58 7.11S
153 40 0 -28 15 17 16 19 1 55 100 0.70 190.2 187.54 7.06S
153 50 0 -28 19 37 16 19 21 55 99 0.69 190.1 187.49 7.01S
154 0 0 -28 23 56 16 19 42 55 99 0.69 190.1 187.44 6.97S
Path coordinates are referred to WGS84 (as used by GPS).
185573 = NSV 23046, 6.85 to 6.93 Hp, Type
Librations Long -3.08 Lat +5.79
P +187.1 D +6.4
Illumination of moon 61%-
Elongation of Moon 103
Vertical Profile Scale 1.87 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
Horizontal Scale Factor 1.31 deg/min
Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in mm)
CA\Tdia 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
3.0 4.9 6.4 7.2 7.7 8.0 8.3 8.5
5.0 5.7 7.2 8.0 8.5 8.9 9.1 9.3
7.0 5.8 7.2 8.0 8.6 8.9 9.2 9.4
9.0 5.8 7.2 8.0 8.6 9.0 9.2 9.4
11.0 5.8 7.3 8.1 8.6 9.0 9.2 9.4
Lunar Limb Profile
