Predictions for Grazing Occultation of ZC 2220, 2007 Sep 17

Grazing Occultation of    2220 SA3      Magnitude   7.0 
Date   2007 September 17    (Monday)     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
 168  0  0  -44 22 13   7 16 18    -8 52 288  0.77 193.0 179.71   3.22S
 168 10  0  -44 21 35   7 16 32    -8 52 288  0.78 193.0 179.67   3.27S
 168 20  0  -44 20 55   7 16 45    -8 52 288  0.78 192.9 179.62   3.32S
 168 30  0  -44 20 15   7 16 59    -8 52 288  0.79 192.9 179.57   3.37S
 168 40  0  -44 19 33   7 17 12    -8 52 287  0.79 192.8 179.52   3.41S
 168 50  0  -44 18 51   7 17 26    -8 52 287  0.79 192.8 179.47   3.46S
 169  0  0  -44 18  7   7 17 40    -9 51 287  0.80 192.7 179.42   3.51S
 169 10  0  -44 17 22   7 17 53    -9 51 287  0.80 192.7 179.37   3.56S
 169 20  0  -44 16 36   7 18  7    -9 51 286  0.81 192.7 179.33   3.61S
 169 30  0  -44 15 48   7 18 20    -9 51 286  0.81 192.6 179.28   3.66S
 169 40  0  -44 15  0   7 18 33    -9 51 286  0.82 192.6 179.23   3.71S
 169 50  0  -44 14 11   7 18 47    -9 51 286  0.82 192.5 179.18   3.75S
 170  0  0  -44 13 20   7 19  0   -10 51 286  0.82 192.5 179.13   3.80S
 170 10  0  -44 12 28   7 19 14   -10 50 285  0.83 192.4 179.09   3.85S
 170 20  0  -44 11 35   7 19 27   -10 50 285  0.83 192.4 179.04   3.90S
 170 30  0  -44 10 41   7 19 40   -10 50 285  0.84 192.3 178.99   3.94S
 170 40  0  -44  9 46   7 19 53   -10 50 285  0.84 192.3 178.94   3.99S
 170 50  0  -44  8 50   7 20  7   -10 50 284  0.85 192.2 178.90   4.04S
 171  0  0  -44  7 53   7 20 20   -11 50 284  0.85 192.2 178.85   4.08S
 171 10  0  -44  6 54   7 20 33   -11 49 284  0.86 192.1 178.80   4.13S
 171 20  0  -44  5 55   7 20 46   -11 49 284  0.86 192.1 178.76   4.18S
 171 30  0  -44  4 54   7 20 59   -11 49 284  0.86 192.0 178.71   4.23S
 171 40  0  -44  3 52   7 21 12   -11 49 283  0.87 192.0 178.66   4.27S
 171 50  0  -44  2 49   7 21 25   -11 49 283  0.87 191.9 178.62   4.32S
 172  0  0  -44  1 45   7 21 38   -11 49 283  0.88 191.9 178.57   4.36S
 172 10  0  -44  0 40   7 21 51   -12 49 283  0.88 191.9 178.52   4.41S
 172 20  0  -43 59 34   7 22  4   -12 48 282  0.89 191.8 178.48   4.46S
 172 30  0  -43 58 27   7 22 17   -12 48 282  0.89 191.8 178.43   4.50S
 172 40  1  -43 57 18   7 22 30       48 282  0.90 191.7 178.39   4.55S
 172 50  1  -43 56  9   7 22 43       48 282  0.90 191.7 178.34   4.59S
 173  0  1  -43 54 58   7 22 56       48 282  0.91 191.6 178.30   4.64S
 173 10  1  -43 53 47   7 23  9       48 281  0.91 191.6 178.25   4.68S

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

   2220 is multiple :   7.0        0.100"  178.0 :   7.0  8.6   8.0"  288.0 :   7.0  7.1   9.1"  301.0
Graze Path of component #2  0.18km North, and 0.1 secs. later cf. primary.
Graze Path of component #3  1.65km South, and 21.7 secs. earlier cf. primary.
Graze Path of component #4  5.58km South, and 23.4 secs. earlier cf. primary.

                Librations  Long -3.56   Lat +6.44
                            P +177.8     D +6.6
      Illumination of moon  27%+
        Elongation of Moon  63
    Vertical Profile Scale  1.94 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
   Horizontal Scale Factor  1.42 deg/min

Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in mm)
      CA\Tdia  50   100   150   200   250   300   350
     0.7      5.2   6.7   7.5   8.0   8.4   8.6   8.9
     2.7      5.2   6.7   7.5   8.0   8.4   8.7   8.9
     4.7      6.0   7.5   8.3   8.9   9.3   9.6   9.8
     6.7      6.0   7.5   8.3   8.9   9.3   9.6   9.8
     8.7      6.0   7.5   8.3   8.9   9.3   9.6   9.8

Lunar Limb Profile

Lunar Limb Profile