Predictions for Grazing Occultation of ZC 2627, 2009 Aug 2

Grazing Occultation of    2627 K2      Magnitude 6.7 [Red = 5.9]   
Date: 2009 Aug 02 13h 49m,  to  2009 Aug 02 14h 27m

Nominal site altitude 5m

E. Longit.   Latitude     U.T.    Sun  Moon   TanZ   PA    AA      CA
   o  '  "    o  '  "   h  m  s   Alt Alt Az          o     o      o
 142  0  0  -43 54 39  14  2 53       59 295  0.60 165.6 165.36  10.56S
 142 30  0  -43 42 42  14  3 50       59 294  0.61 165.5 165.24  10.68S
 143  0  0  -43 30 33  14  4 47       58 293  0.62 165.3 165.12  10.80S
 143 30  0  -43 18 10  14  5 45       58 292  0.63 165.2 165.00  10.92S
 144  0  0  -43  5 34  14  6 42       57 291  0.64 165.1 164.89  11.03S
 144 30  0  -42 52 45  14  7 40       57 289  0.65 165.0 164.77  11.15S
 145  0  0  -42 39 42  14  8 38       56 288  0.66 164.9 164.66  11.26S
 145 30  0  -42 26 27  14  9 35       56 287  0.67 164.8 164.55  11.37S
 146  0  0  -42 12 59  14 10 33       56 286  0.69 164.7 164.44  11.48S
 146 30  0  -41 59 18  14 11 31       55 285  0.70 164.6 164.33  11.59S
 147  0  0  -41 45 24  14 12 29       55 284  0.71 164.5 164.22  11.70S
 147 30  0  -41 31 17  14 13 27       54 283  0.72 164.4 164.12  11.80S
 148  0  0  -41 16 57  14 14 25       54 282  0.74 164.2 164.02  11.90S
 148 30  0  -41  2 25  14 15 23       53 281  0.75 164.1 163.92  12.00S
 149  0  0  -40 47 41  14 16 21       53 280  0.76 164.1 163.82  12.10S
 149 30  0  -40 32 44  14 17 19       52 279  0.78 164.0 163.72  12.20S
 150  0  0  -40 17 35  14 18 17       52 279  0.79 163.9 163.63  12.29S

Path coordinates are referred to WGS84 (as used by GPS), with the
nominal site altitude being referenced to Mean Sea Level.

Projected diameter of star  3 meters

                Librations  Long +2.59   Lat +2.81
                            P +164.89     D +3.65
      Illumination of moon  89%+
        Elongation of Moon  142
    Vertical Profile Scale  2.03 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
   Horizontal Scale Factor  1.40 deg/min


At longitude 144.50:
Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in cm)
      CA\Tdia   5    10    15    20    25    30    35
     7.1      4.6   6.0   6.8   7.3   7.7   7.9   8.1
     9.1      4.6   6.1   6.8   7.4   7.7   7.9   8.1
    11.1      4.9   6.4   7.2   7.7   8.0   8.3   8.5
    13.1      5.5   7.0   7.8   8.3   8.7   8.9   9.1
    15.1      5.5   7.0   7.8   8.3   8.7   8.9   9.1


Lunar Limb Profile - Tasmania

Lunar Limb Profile