Predictions for Grazing Occultation of ZC 1567, 2008 Jul 7
Grazing Occultation of 1567 K1 Magnitude 6.4
Date 2008 July 7 (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
174 0 0 -38 9 18 7 10 22 29 306 1.83 37.0 16.44 13.68N
174 10 0 -38 13 46 7 10 33 29 306 1.84 36.9 16.39 13.63N
174 20 0 -38 18 13 7 10 45 28 306 1.86 36.9 16.34 13.59N
174 30 0 -38 22 38 7 10 56 28 305 1.87 36.8 16.29 13.54N
174 40 0 -38 27 1 7 11 8 28 305 1.88 36.8 16.25 13.49N
174 50 0 -38 31 23 7 11 19 28 305 1.90 36.7 16.20 13.44N
175 0 0 -38 35 44 7 11 30 28 305 1.91 36.7 16.15 13.40N
175 10 0 -38 40 3 7 11 41 27 305 1.93 36.6 16.11 13.35N
175 20 0 -38 44 20 7 11 52 27 305 1.94 36.6 16.06 13.30N
175 30 0 -38 48 36 7 12 3 27 305 1.96 36.5 16.01 13.26N
175 40 0 -38 52 51 7 12 14 27 304 1.97 36.5 15.97 13.21N
175 50 0 -38 57 4 7 12 24 27 304 1.99 36.4 15.92 13.17N
176 0 0 -39 1 15 7 12 35 27 304 2.00 36.4 15.87 13.12N
176 10 0 -39 5 25 7 12 46 26 304 2.02 36.4 15.83 13.07N
176 20 0 -39 9 34 7 12 56 26 304 2.03 36.3 15.79 13.04N
176 30 0 -39 13 41 7 13 6 26 304 2.05 36.3 15.75 12.99N
176 40 0 -39 17 47 7 13 17 26 304 2.06 36.2 15.70 12.95N
176 50 0 -39 21 51 7 13 27 26 303 2.08 36.2 15.66 12.90N
177 0 0 -39 25 54 7 13 37 26 303 2.10 36.1 15.61 12.85N
Path coordinates are referred to WGS84 (as used by GPS).
Librations Long +6.24 Lat +2.13
P +15.8 D -0.1
Illumination of moon 21%+
Elongation of Moon 55
Vertical Profile Scale 1.98 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
Horizontal Scale Factor 1.67 deg/min
Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in mm)
CA\Tdia 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
8.9 5.9 7.4 8.2 8.7 9.1 9.4 9.6
10.9 6.0 7.4 8.3 8.8 9.2 9.5 9.7
12.9 6.0 7.5 8.3 8.9 9.2 9.5 9.7
14.9 6.1 7.5 8.4 8.9 9.3 9.6 9.8
16.9 6.1 7.6 8.4 9.0 9.3 9.6 9.8
Lunar Limb Profile
