Predictions for Grazing Occultation of ZC 2470, 2006 Aug 5

Grazing Occultation of    2470  B9      Magnitude   6.1 
Date   2006 August  5    (Saturday)     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
 137  0  0  -33 51 20  10 46 15       82  42  0.14  10.0   5.70   8.99N
 137 10  0  -33 53 12  10 46 43       82  40  0.14   9.9   5.62   8.91N
 137 20  0  -33 55  2  10 47 11       82  38  0.14   9.8   5.54   8.83N
 137 30  0  -33 56 50  10 47 38       82  37  0.14   9.7   5.46   8.75N
 137 40  0  -33 58 36  10 48  6       82  35  0.14   9.6   5.39   8.68N
 137 50  0  -34  0 21  10 48 34       82  33  0.13   9.6   5.31   8.60N
 138  0  0  -34  2  3  10 49  2       83  31  0.13   9.5   5.23   8.52N
 138 10  0  -34  3 43  10 49 29       83  29  0.13   9.4   5.16   8.45N
 138 20  0  -34  5 22  10 49 57       83  27  0.13   9.3   5.08   8.37N
 138 30  0  -34  6 58  10 50 25       83  25  0.13   9.3   5.00   8.29N
 138 40  0  -34  8 33  10 50 52       83  23  0.13   9.2   4.92   8.21N
 138 50  0  -34 10  6  10 51 20       83  21  0.13   9.1   4.85   8.14N
 139  0  0  -34 11 36  10 51 48       83  19  0.12   9.0   4.77   8.06N
 139 10  0  -34 13  5  10 52 15       83  17  0.12   9.0   4.69   7.98N
 139 20  0  -34 14 32  10 52 43       83  15  0.12   8.9   4.61   7.90N
 139 30  0  -34 15 57  10 53 11       83  12  0.12   8.8   4.54   7.83N
 139 40  0  -34 17 21  10 53 38       83  10  0.12   8.7   4.46   7.75N
 139 50  0  -34 18 42  10 54  6       83   8  0.12   8.6   4.38   7.67N
 140  0  0  -34 20  1  10 54 33       83   6  0.12   8.6   4.30   7.59N
 140 10  0  -34 21 19  10 55  1       83   3  0.12   8.5   4.23   7.51N
 140 20  0  -34 22 34  10 55 29       83   1  0.12   8.4   4.15   7.44N
 140 30  0  -34 23 48  10 55 56       83 359  0.12   8.3   4.07   7.36N
 140 40  0  -34 25  0  10 56 24       83 357  0.12   8.3   3.99   7.28N
 140 50  0  -34 26 10  10 56 51       83 355  0.12   8.2   3.91   7.20N
 141  0  0  -34 27 18  10 57 19       83 352  0.12   8.1   3.84   7.12N
 141 10  0  -34 28 24  10 57 46       83 350  0.12   8.0   3.76   7.05N
 141 20  0  -34 29 28  10 58 13       83 348  0.13   7.9   3.68   6.97N
 141 30  0  -34 30 31  10 58 41       83 346  0.13   7.9   3.60   6.89N
 141 40  1  -34 31 31  10 59  8       83 344  0.13   7.8   3.52   6.81N
 141 50  1  -34 32 30  10 59 36       83 342  0.13   7.7   3.44   6.73N
 142  0  1  -34 33 27  11  0  3       83 340  0.13   7.6   3.37   6.66N
 142 10  1  -34 34 21  11  0 30       82 338  0.13   7.5   3.29   6.58N
 142 20  1  -34 35 14  11  0 58       82 337  0.13   7.5   3.21   6.50N
 142 30  1  -34 36  6  11  1 25       82 335  0.14   7.4   3.13   6.42N
 142 40  1  -34 36 55  11  1 52       82 333  0.14   7.3   3.05   6.34N
 142 50  1  -34 37 42  11  2 20       82 331  0.14   7.2   2.97   6.26N
 143  0  1  -34 38 28  11  2 47       82 330  0.14   7.2   2.90   6.19N
 143 10  1  -34 39 12  11  3 14       82 328  0.14   7.1   2.82   6.11N
 143 20  1  -34 39 54  11  3 41       82 327  0.15   7.0   2.74   6.03N
 143 30  1  -34 40 34  11  4  8       82 325  0.15   6.9   2.66   5.95N
 143 40  1  -34 41 12  11  4 35       81 324  0.15   6.8   2.58   5.87N
 143 50  1  -34 41 48  11  5  3       81 322  0.15   6.8   2.51   5.80N
 144  0  1  -34 42 23  11  5 30       81 321  0.16   6.7   2.43   5.72N
 144 10  1  -34 42 55  11  5 57       81 320  0.16   6.6   2.35   5.64N
 144 20  1  -34 43 26  11  6 24       81 318  0.16   6.5   2.27   5.56N
 144 30  1  -34 43 55  11  6 51       81 317  0.16   6.4   2.19   5.48N
 144 40  1  -34 44 22  11  7 18       80 316  0.17   6.4   2.12   5.41N
 144 50  1  -34 44 48  11  7 45       80 315  0.17   6.3   2.04   5.33N
 145  0  1  -34 45 11  11  8 12       80 314  0.17   6.2   1.97   5.26N
 145 10  1  -34 45 33  11  8 39       80 313  0.18   6.1   1.89   5.18N
 145 20  1  -34 45 52  11  9  5       80 312  0.18   6.1   1.81   5.10N
 145 30  1  -34 46 10  11  9 32       80 311  0.18   6.0   1.73   5.02N
 145 40  1  -34 46 27  11  9 59       79 310  0.19   5.9   1.65   4.94N
 145 50  1  -34 46 41  11 10 26       79 309  0.19   5.8   1.58   4.87N
 146  0  1  -34 46 54  11 10 53       79 308  0.19   5.8   1.50   4.79N
 146 10  1  -34 47  4  11 11 19       79 307  0.19   5.7   1.42   4.71N
 146 20  1  -34 47 13  11 11 46       79 306  0.20   5.6   1.35   4.64N
 146 30  1  -34 47 20  11 12 13       79 305  0.20   5.5   1.26   4.55N
 146 40  1  -34 47 26  11 12 39       78 304  0.20   5.4   1.18   4.47N
 146 50  1  -34 47 29  11 13  6       78 304  0.21   5.4   1.11   4.40N
 147  0  1  -34 47 31  11 13 33       78 303  0.21   5.3   1.03   4.32N
 147 10  1  -34 47 31  11 13 59       78 302  0.22   5.2   0.95   4.24N
 147 20  1  -34 47 29  11 14 26       78 301  0.22   5.1   0.87   4.16N
 147 30  1  -34 47 25  11 14 52       77 301  0.22   5.1   0.80   4.09N
 147 40  1  -34 47 19  11 15 19       77 300  0.23   5.0   0.72   4.01N
 147 50  1  -34 47 12  11 15 45       77 299  0.23   4.9   0.64   3.93N
 148  0  1  -34 47  3  11 16 11       77 299  0.23   4.8   0.57   3.86N
 148 10  1  -34 46 52  11 16 38       77 298  0.24   4.8   0.50   3.79N
 148 20  1  -34 46 40  11 17  4       77 297  0.24   4.7   0.42   3.71N
 148 30  1  -34 46 25  11 17 30       76 297  0.24   4.6   0.35   3.64N
 148 40  1  -34 46  9  11 17 57       76 296  0.25   4.5   0.27   3.56N
 148 50  1  -34 45 51  11 18 23       76 296  0.25   4.4   0.19   3.49N
 149  0  1  -34 45 31  11 18 49       76 295  0.25   4.4   0.12   3.41N
 149 10  1  -34 45 10  11 19 15       76 295  0.26   4.3   0.04   3.33N
 149 20  1  -34 44 46  11 19 41       75 294  0.26   4.2 359.97   3.26N
 149 30  1  -34 44 21  11 20  7       75 293  0.27   4.1 359.89   3.18N
 149 40  1  -34 43 54  11 20 33       75 293  0.27   4.1 359.82   3.11N
 149 50  1  -34 43 26  11 20 59       75 292  0.27   4.0 359.74   3.04N
 150  0  1  -34 42 55  11 21 25       75 292  0.28   3.9 359.67   2.96N
 150 10  1  -34 42 23  11 21 51       74 291  0.28   3.8 359.60   2.89N
 150 20  1  -34 41 49  11 22 17       74 291  0.28   3.8 359.52   2.81N
 150 30  1  -34 41 14  11 22 43       74 290  0.29   3.7 359.45   2.74N
 150 40  2  -34 40 36  11 23  9       74 290  0.29   3.6 359.37   2.66N
 150 50  2  -34 39 57  11 23 35       73 290  0.30   3.6 359.30   2.59N
 151  0  2  -34 39 16  11 24  0       73 289  0.30   3.5 359.23   2.52N
 151 10  2  -34 38 33  11 24 26       73 289  0.30   3.4 359.15   2.44N
 151 20  2  -34 37 49  11 24 52       73 288  0.31   3.3 359.08   2.37N
 151 30  2  -34 37  3  11 25 17       73 288  0.31   3.3 359.01   2.30N
 151 40  2  -34 36 15  11 25 43       72 287  0.32   3.2 358.93   2.22N
 151 50  2  -34 35 25  11 26  8       72 287  0.32   3.1 358.86   2.15N
 152  0  2  -34 34 34  11 26 34       72 287  0.32   3.0 358.79   2.08N
 152 10  2  -34 33 41  11 26 59       72 286  0.33   3.0 358.72   2.01N
 152 20  2  -34 32 46  11 27 25       72 286  0.33   2.9 358.64   1.93N
 152 30  2  -34 31 50  11 27 50       71 285  0.34   2.8 358.57   1.86N
 152 40  2  -34 30 51  11 28 16       71 285  0.34   2.7 358.50   1.79N
 152 50  2  -34 29 51  11 28 41       71 285  0.34   2.7 358.43   1.72N
 153  0  2  -34 28 50  11 29  6       71 284  0.35   2.6 358.36   1.65N

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

    C A S S I N I   R E G I O N   G R A Z E

                Librations  Long -7.27   Lat +6.54
                            P +357.5     D -6.1
      Illumination of moon  80%+
        Elongation of Moon  126
    Vertical Profile Scale  1.88 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
   Horizontal Scale Factor  1.32 deg/min

Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in mm)
      CA\Tdia  50   100   150   200   250   300   350
    -2.4      2.7   4.2   5.0   5.5   5.8   6.0   6.2
    -0.4      2.7   4.2   5.0   5.5   5.8   6.0   6.2
     1.6      2.7   4.2   5.0   5.5   5.8   6.0   6.2
     3.6      4.8   6.2   7.0   7.5   7.9   8.2   8.4
     5.6      4.8   6.3   7.1   7.6   8.0   8.2   8.4

Lunar Limb Profile for graze north of Adelaide

Lunar Limb Profile

Lunar Limb Profile for graze near Canberra and Sydney

Lunar Limb Profile