Grazing Occultation of 3430 WF3 Magnitude 5.6 3430 = 96 Aquarii Date 2006 May 21 (Sunday) 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 174 0 0 -37 56 57 17 28 4 44 53 1.02 322.9 344.71 13.68N 174 10 0 -37 52 48 17 28 21 45 53 1.01 322.9 344.65 13.74N 174 20 0 -37 48 38 17 28 38 45 52 1.00 322.8 344.60 13.80N 174 30 0 -37 44 26 17 28 55 45 52 1.00 322.8 344.54 13.85N 174 40 0 -37 40 12 17 29 12 45 52 0.99 322.7 344.48 13.91N 174 50 0 -37 35 56 17 29 30 45 52 0.98 322.6 344.43 13.96N 175 0 0 -37 31 38 17 29 47 46 52 0.98 322.6 344.37 14.02N 175 10 0 -37 27 18 17 30 4 46 51 0.97 322.5 344.32 14.08N 175 20 0 -37 22 56 17 30 22 46 51 0.96 322.5 344.26 14.13N 175 30 0 -37 18 33 17 30 40 46 51 0.96 322.4 344.20 14.19N 175 40 0 -37 14 7 17 30 58 46 51 0.95 322.4 344.15 14.24N 175 50 0 -37 9 40 17 31 16 47 50 0.94 322.3 344.09 14.30N 176 0 0 -37 5 10 17 31 34 47 50 0.94 322.3 344.04 14.36N Path coordinates are referred to WGS84 (as used by GPS). 3430 is double : 5.6 10.9 10.6" 20.0 Graze Path of component #2 11.42km South, and 20.4 secs. later cf. primary. Librations Long +0.13 Lat +1.30 P +344.0 D -1.0 Illumination of moon 34%- Elongation of Moon 72 Vertical Profile Scale 1.94 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon Horizontal Scale Factor 1.56 deg/min Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in mm) CA\Tdia 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 10.4 6.0 7.4 8.3 8.8 9.2 9.5 9.7 12.4 6.0 7.5 8.3 8.8 9.2 9.5 9.7 14.4 6.0 7.5 8.3 8.8 9.2 9.5 9.8 16.4 6.0 7.5 8.3 8.9 9.3 9.6 9.8 18.4 6.0 7.5 8.3 8.9 9.3 9.6 9.8