Predictions for Grazing Occultation of ZC 616, 2009 Aug 14
Grazing Occultation of 616 F2 Magnitude 5.4 [Red = 5.2] v
R616 = 44 Tauri (IM)
Date: 2009 Aug 14 19h 33m, to 2009 Aug 14 20h 8m
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
135 0 0 -39 2 39 19 33 31 18 29 3.00 343.2 354.66 7.52N
135 30 0 -38 41 59 19 34 5 19 29 2.91 343.3 354.66 7.51N
136 0 0 -38 21 22 19 34 40 20 28 2.82 343.3 354.67 7.51N
136 30 0 -38 0 49 19 35 16 20 28 2.74 343.3 354.69 7.49N
137 0 0 -37 40 21 19 35 53 21 27 2.66 343.3 354.70 7.48N
137 30 0 -37 19 56 19 36 32 21 27 2.58 343.3 354.72 7.46N
138 0 0 -36 59 37 19 37 11 22 26 2.51 343.3 354.75 7.43N
138 30 0 -36 39 24 19 37 52 22 26 2.45 343.4 354.77 7.40N
139 0 0 -36 19 16 19 38 34 23 25 2.38 343.4 354.81 7.37N
139 30 0 -35 59 16 19 39 17 23 25 2.32 343.4 354.84 7.33N
140 0 0 -35 39 22 19 40 1 24 24 2.26 343.5 354.89 7.29N
140 30 0 -35 19 37 19 40 46 24 23 2.21 343.5 354.93 7.25N
141 0 0 -35 0 0 19 41 33 25 23 2.16 343.6 354.98 7.20N
141 30 0 -34 40 32 19 42 20 25 22 2.11 343.6 355.04 7.14N
142 0 0 -34 21 14 19 43 8 26 22 2.06 343.7 355.10 7.08N
142 30 0 -34 2 6 19 43 58 26 21 2.01 343.7 355.16 7.02N
143 0 0 -33 43 9 19 44 49 27 20 1.97 343.8 355.23 6.95N
143 30 0 -33 24 24 19 45 40 27 20 1.93 343.9 355.31 6.87N
144 0 0 -33 5 51 19 46 33 28 19 1.89 344.0 355.39 6.79N
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 1 meters
616 = IM Tau, 5.37 to 5.58V, Type DSCT, Period 0.145067 days, Phase 40 %
Librations Long -5.36 Lat -6.28
P +356.07 D +6.95
Illumination of moon 38%-
Elongation of Moon 76
Vertical Profile Scale 3.07 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
Horizontal Scale Factor 1.38 deg/min
At longitude 144.50:
Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in cm)
CA\Tdia 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
2.7 4.9 6.3 7.1 7.6 7.9 8.1 8.3
4.7 5.7 7.1 7.9 8.4 8.7 9.0 9.2
6.7 5.7 7.1 7.9 8.4 8.8 9.0 9.2
8.7 5.7 7.1 7.9 8.4 8.8 9.0 9.2
10.7 5.7 7.2 7.9 8.5 8.8 9.1 9.2
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