Predictions for Grazing Occultation of ZC 3311, 2008 Dec 5

Grazing Occultation of    3311  G0      Magnitude   6.9 
Date   2008 December  5    (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  -30 22  0   8 55 15    -2 60 318  0.59 138.5 158.99  19.54S
 150 10  0  -30 12  1   8 55 50    -2 59 317  0.59 138.5 158.98  19.55S
 150 20  0  -30  2  2   8 56 25    -2 59 316  0.59 138.5 158.97  19.56S
 150 30  0  -29 52  2   8 57  0    -3 59 315  0.59 138.5 158.96  19.57S
 150 40  0  -29 42  1   8 57 35    -3 59 315  0.59 138.4 158.95  19.57S
 150 50  0  -29 31 59   8 58 10    -3 59 314  0.60 138.4 158.95  19.58S
 151  0  0  -29 21 58   8 58 46    -4 59 313  0.60 138.4 158.94  19.59S
 151 10  0  -29 11 55   8 59 21    -4 59 313  0.60 138.4 158.94  19.59S
 151 20  0  -29  1 52   8 59 57    -4 59 312  0.60 138.4 158.94  19.59S
 151 30  0  -28 51 49   9  0 32    -5 59 311  0.60 138.4 158.93  19.59S
 151 40  0  -28 41 46   9  1  8    -5 59 311  0.61 138.4 158.93  19.60S
 151 50  0  -28 31 42   9  1 44    -5 59 310  0.61 138.4 158.93  19.60S
 152  0  0  -28 21 38   9  2 20    -6 59 309  0.61 138.4 158.94  19.59S
 152 10  0  -28 11 34   9  2 55    -6 58 309  0.61 138.4 158.94  19.59S
 152 20  0  -28  1 30   9  3 31    -6 58 308  0.62 138.4 158.94  19.59S
 152 30  0  -27 51 26   9  4  7    -7 58 308  0.62 138.4 158.94  19.58S
 152 40  0  -27 41 22   9  4 43    -7 58 307  0.62 138.4 158.95  19.58S
 152 50  0  -27 31 19   9  5 19    -7 58 306  0.63 138.4 158.96  19.57S
 153  0  0  -27 21 15   9  5 55    -8 58 306  0.63 138.5 158.96  19.57S
 153 10  0  -27 11 12   9  6 31    -8 58 305  0.63 138.5 158.97  19.56S
 153 20  0  -27  1 10   9  7  7    -8 58 304  0.64 138.5 158.98  19.55S
 153 30  0  -26 51  7   9  7 43    -8 57 304  0.64 138.5 158.99  19.54S
 153 40  0  -26 41  6   9  8 19    -9 57 303  0.64 138.5 159.00  19.53S
 153 50  0  -26 31  5   9  8 55    -9 57 303  0.65 138.5 159.01  19.52S
 154  0  0  -26 21  4   9  9 31    -9 57 302  0.65 138.5 159.03  19.50S

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

                Librations  Long -7.65   Lat -3.40
                            P +159.4     D -5.7
      Illumination of moon  45%+
        Elongation of Moon  84
    Vertical Profile Scale  2.16 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
   Horizontal Scale Factor  1.38 deg/min

Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in mm)
      CA\Tdia  50   100   150   200   250   300   350
    15.5      6.0   7.4   8.3   8.8   9.2   9.5   9.7
    17.5      6.0   7.4   8.3   8.8   9.2   9.5   9.7
    19.5      6.0   7.5   8.3   8.8   9.2   9.5   9.7
    21.5      6.0   7.5   8.3   8.8   9.2   9.5   9.8
    23.5      6.0   7.5   8.3   8.8   9.2   9.5   9.8
    

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