Predictions for Grazing Occultation of ZC 3075, 2014 Oct 4

Graze profile
Grazing Occultation of    3075 F3      Magnitude 7.0 [Red = 6.8]   
Date: 2014 Oct 04  7h 47m,  to  2014 Oct 04  8h  6m

Nominal site altitude 100m

E. Longit.   Latitude     U.T.    Sun  Moon   TanZ   PA    AA      CA
   o  '  "    o  '  "   h  m  s   Alt Alt Az          o     o      o
 167  0  0  -45 38 39   7 46 52   -8  52  32  0.77 161.5 178.80   5.38S
 167 30  0  -45 32 44   7 47 35   -9  53  31  0.76 161.4 178.70   5.47S
 168  0  0  -45 26 41   7 48 19   -9  53  30  0.75 161.4 178.61   5.56S
 168 30  0  -45 20 29   7 49  4  -10  53  29  0.74 161.3 178.52   5.66S
 169  0  0  -45 14  9   7 49 48  -10  54  28  0.73 161.2 178.42   5.75S
 169 30  0  -45  7 40   7 50 34  -11  54  27  0.72 161.1 178.33   5.84S
 170  0  0  -45  1  3   7 51 19  -11  54  26  0.72 161.0 178.24   5.94S
 170 30  0  -44 54 17   7 52  6  -12  55  25  0.71 160.9 178.14   6.03S
 171  0  0  -44 47 22   7 52 52       55  24  0.70 160.8 178.05   6.12S
 171 30  0  -44 40 18   7 53 39       55  23  0.69 160.7 177.96   6.22S
 172  0  0  -44 33  6   7 54 27       56  21  0.68 160.6 177.86   6.31S
 172 30  0  -44 25 45   7 55 15       56  20  0.68 160.5 177.77   6.40S
 173  0  0  -44 18 14   7 56  3       56  19  0.67 160.4 177.67   6.50S
 173 30  0  -44 10 35   7 56 52       57  18  0.66 160.3 177.58   6.59S
 174  0  0  -44  2 46   7 57 42       57  17  0.65 160.2 177.49   6.68S
 174 30  0  -43 54 48   7 58 32       57  16  0.65 160.1 177.40   6.77S
 175  0  0  -43 46 42   7 59 22       57  15  0.64 160.1 177.31   6.86S
 175 30  0  -43 38 25   8  0 13       58  13  0.64 160.0 177.22   6.96S
 176  0  0  -43 30  0   8  1  4       58  12  0.63 159.9 177.12   7.05S
 176 30  0  -43 21 25   8  1 56       58  11  0.62 159.8 177.03   7.14S
 177  0  0  -43 12 41   8  2 48       58   9  0.62 159.7 176.94   7.23S
 177 30  0  -43  3 47   8  3 41       59   8  0.61 159.6 176.85   7.33S
 178  0  0  -42 54 44   8  4 34       59   7  0.61 159.5 176.75   7.42S
 178 30  0  -42 45 32   8  5 28       59   6  0.60 159.4 176.66   7.51S
 179  0  0  -42 36 10   8  6 22       59   4  0.60 159.3 176.57   7.60S

Path coordinates are referred to WGS84 (as used by GPS), with the
nominal site altitude being referenced to Mean Sea Level.


    C A S S I N I   R E G I O N   G R A Z E
                Librations  Long -2.08   Lat -6.65
                            P +177.89     D -6.47
      Illumination of moon  78%+
        Elongation of Moon  124
    Vertical Profile Scale  2.14 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
   Horizontal Scale Factor  1.50 deg/min


At longitude 173.00:
Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in cm)
      CA\Tdia   5    10    15    20    25    30    35
     2.5      3.7   5.2   6.0   6.5   6.8   7.0   7.2
     4.5      4.7   6.2   7.0   7.5   7.8   8.1   8.3
     6.5      4.8   6.3   7.1   7.6   8.0   8.2   8.4
     8.5      5.6   7.1   7.9   8.4   8.8   9.0   9.2
    10.5      5.6   7.1   7.9   8.4   8.8   9.0   9.2

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Results of Observer Scan                                    UT
Site                              Long.   Lat.   Dist.    h  m  s
Chch graze                        172.6  -43.5    90km    7 55 28
Dunedin                           170.5  -45.9   102km    7 52  5

 

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