Predictions for Grazing Occultation of ZC 3405, 2006 Jun 17

Grazing Occultation of    3405  B8      Magnitude   7.0 
Date   2006 June 17    (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  -34 15 24  19 20 45       59  29  0.61 319.5 341.07  17.79N
 137 10  0  -34  8 44  19 21 10       59  29  0.60 319.4 341.02  17.85N
 137 20  0  -34  2  1  19 21 36       59  28  0.60 319.4 340.96  17.91N
 137 30  0  -33 55 15  19 22  2       59  28  0.59 319.3 340.90  17.96N
 137 40  0  -33 48 27  19 22 28       59  27  0.59 319.2 340.85  18.02N
 137 50  0  -33 41 36  19 22 54       60  27  0.58 319.2 340.79  18.08N
 138  0  0  -33 34 42  19 23 20       60  27  0.58 319.1 340.73  18.13N
 138 10  0  -33 27 46  19 23 47       60  26  0.58 319.1 340.67  18.19N
 138 20  0  -33 20 47  19 24 13       60  26  0.57 319.0 340.62  18.25N
 138 30  0  -33 13 45  19 24 40       61  25  0.57 319.0 340.56  18.31N
 138 40  0  -33  6 40  19 25  7       61  25  0.56 318.9 340.50  18.36N
 138 50  0  -32 59 33  19 25 34       61  24  0.56 318.8 340.45  18.42N
 139  0  0  -32 52 22  19 26  1       61  24  0.55 318.8 340.39  18.47N
 139 10  0  -32 45  9  19 26 29       61  24  0.55 318.7 340.33  18.53N
 139 20  0  -32 37 54  19 26 56       62  23  0.54 318.7 340.28  18.59N
 139 30  0  -32 30 35  19 27 24       62  23  0.54 318.6 340.22  18.64N
 139 40  0  -32 23 14  19 27 52       62  22  0.53 318.6 340.17  18.70N
 139 50  0  -32 15 50  19 28 20       62  22  0.53 318.5 340.11  18.75N
 140  0  0  -32  8 23  19 28 48       62  21  0.52 318.4 340.06  18.81N
 140 10  0  -32  0 53  19 29 16       63  21  0.52 318.4 340.00  18.87N
 140 20  0  -31 53 21  19 29 45       63  20  0.52 318.3 339.95  18.92N
 140 30  0  -31 45 45  19 30 13       63  20  0.51 318.3 339.89  18.98N
 140 40  0  -31 38  7  19 30 42       63  19  0.51 318.2 339.84  19.03N
 140 50  0  -31 30 26  19 31 11       63  19  0.50 318.2 339.78  19.08N

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

                Librations  Long +0.97   Lat +1.23
                            P +339.8     D -1.2
      Illumination of moon  59%-
        Elongation of Moon  100
    Vertical Profile Scale  1.96 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
   Horizontal Scale Factor  1.45 deg/min

Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in mm)
      CA\Tdia  50   100   150   200   250   300   350
    15.1      5.9   7.3   8.2   8.7   9.1   9.4   9.6
    17.1      5.9   7.3   8.2   8.7   9.1   9.4   9.6
    19.1      5.9   7.4   8.2   8.7   9.1   9.4   9.6
    21.1      5.9   7.4   8.2   8.7   9.1   9.4   9.6
    23.1      5.9   7.4   8.2   8.7   9.1   9.4   9.6

Lunar Limb Profile for graze near Adelaide

Lunar Limb Profile