Predictions for Grazing Occultation of SAO 185786, 2007 Jan 16

Grazing Occultation of  185786  K0      Magnitude   8.3 
Date   2007 January 16    (Tuesday)     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
 113  0  0  -29 15 40  20  8 48        8 118  6.76 190.3 189.19  17.52S
 113 10  0  -29 21 42  20  8 52        9 118  6.61 190.3 189.19  17.53S
 113 20  0  -29 27 45  20  8 55        9 118  6.46 190.3 189.20  17.53S
 113 30  0  -29 33 48  20  8 59        9 117  6.33 190.3 189.20  17.54S
 113 40  0  -29 39 52  20  9  3        9 117  6.20 190.3 189.21  17.55S
 113 50  0  -29 45 56  20  9  7        9 117  6.07 190.3 189.22  17.55S
 114  0  0  -29 52  0  20  9 11       10 117  5.95 190.3 189.22  17.56S
 114 10  0  -29 58  5  20  9 15       10 117  5.83 190.3 189.23  17.56S
 114 20  0  -30  4 10  20  9 19       10 117  5.72 190.3 189.23  17.57S
 114 30  0  -30 10 16  20  9 23       10 117  5.61 190.3 189.24  17.57S
 114 40  0  -30 16 22  20  9 28       10 117  5.51 190.3 189.24  17.58S
 114 50  0  -30 22 29  20  9 32       10 117  5.40 190.3 189.25  17.58S
 115  0  0  -30 28 36  20  9 36       11 117  5.31 190.3 189.25  17.59S
 115 10  0  -30 34 43  20  9 41       11 116  5.21 190.3 189.26  17.59S
 115 20  0  -30 40 51  20  9 46       11 116  5.12 190.3 189.26  17.60S
 115 30  0  -30 46 59  20  9 50       11 116  5.03 190.3 189.26  17.60S
 115 40  0  -30 53  8  20  9 55       11 116  4.95 190.3 189.27  17.60S
 115 50  0  -30 59 17  20 10  0       12 116  4.87 190.4 189.27  17.61S
 116  0  0  -31  5 26  20 10  5       12 116  4.79 190.4 189.28  17.61S
 116 10  0  -31 11 36  20 10 10       12 116  4.71 190.4 189.28  17.62S
 116 20  0  -31 17 46  20 10 15       12 116  4.63 190.4 189.28  17.62S
 116 30  0  -31 23 56  20 10 20       12 116  4.56 190.4 189.29  17.62S
 116 40  0  -31 30  7  20 10 25       13 116  4.49 190.4 189.29  17.63S
 116 50  0  -31 36 18  20 10 30       13 115  4.42 190.4 189.29  17.63S
 117  0  0  -31 42 29  20 10 36       13 115  4.35 190.4 189.30  17.63S
 117 10  0  -31 48 41  20 10 41       13 115  4.29 190.4 189.30  17.63S
 117 20  0  -31 54 52  20 10 47       13 115  4.22 190.4 189.30  17.64S
 117 30  0  -32  1  5  20 10 52       14 115  4.16 190.4 189.30  17.64S
 117 40  1  -32  7 17  20 10 58       14 115  4.10 190.4 189.31  17.64S
 117 50  1  -32 13 30  20 11  4       14 115  4.04 190.4 189.31  17.64S

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

                Librations  Long -4.82   Lat +6.09
                            P +188.8     D +7.0
      Illumination of moon  6%-
        Elongation of Moon  29
    Vertical Profile Scale  2.12 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
   Horizontal Scale Factor  2.08 deg/min

Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in mm)
      CA\Tdia  50   100   150   200   250   300   350
    13.6      7.5   9.0   9.8  10.4  10.8  11.0  11.3
    15.6      7.5   9.0   9.8  10.4  10.8  11.1  11.3
    17.6      7.6   9.0   9.8  10.4  10.8  11.1  11.3
    19.6      7.6   9.0   9.9  10.4  10.8  11.1  11.3
    21.6      7.6   9.1   9.9  10.4  10.8  11.1  11.4

Lunar Limb Profile

Lunar Limb Profile