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On the evening of September 28, the first magnitude star ANTARES (Alpha Sco) will be occulted by the moon for all of New Zealand except the very far north. The first diagram below shows the full region over which the occultation will be visible. The second diagram below shows the path of the star for the 69 locations around New Zealand detailed in the following tables; the most southerly sites see the longest occultation.
The tables following the diagrams give the times of disappearance and reappearance for these 69 locations.
Full region of visibility of this occultation:
Path of Antares behind the Moon from the sites detailed in the following tables:
Occultation Predictions of 2366 dM1 Magnitude 1.1v Date 2006 September 28 (Thursday)
Moon: % illumination 29+, solar elongation 65
DISAPPEARANCE
(The star will disappear at the dark limb at an distance CA degrees from the Moon's northern cusp)
U.T. Sun Moon CA PA
Location h m s Alt Alt o o
Auckland 9 33 9 25 22N 33
Alexandra 9 8 56 35 48N 59
Arthur's Pass 9 15 21 32 42N 53
Balclutha 9 6 38 35 52N 63
Blenheim 9 18 59 29 41N 52
Bluff 9 5 21 36 51N 62
Cape Palliser 9 18 42 28 43N 54
Carterton 9 20 6 28 41N 52
Christchurch 9 13 49 31 46N 57
Dannevirke 9 22 10 27 39N 50
Dunedin 9 7 44 34 51N 62
East Cape 9 28 15 23 33N 45
Featherston 9 19 57 28 41N 52
Franz Josef 9 13 56 33 42N 53
Gisborne 9 25 46 24 36N 48
Glenorchy 9 9 43 35 45N 56
Great Barrier Is 9 35 3 24 20N 31
Greymouth 9 16 30 32 40N 51
Greytown 9 19 59 28 41N 52
Hahei 9 32 28 24 24N 35
Hamilton 9 29 33 25 28N 39
Hastings 9 23 28 26 38N 49
Haast Pass 9 11 51 34 44N 55
Hokitika 9 15 48 32 41N 52
Invercargill 9 5 49 36 51N 62
Kaitaia 9 43 33 23 4N 16
Kaikoura 9 16 42 30 43N 55
Kaikohe 9 40 41 24 10N 21
Kerikeri 9 41 35 23 8N 20
Levin 9 21 15 28 39N 50
Martinborough 9 19 36 28 42N 53
Marton 9 22 42 27 37N 49
Masterton 9 20 20 28 41N 52
Milford Sound 9 10 5 36 44N 55
Mt Cook Village 9 13 0 33 43N 54
Napier 9 23 55 26 38N 49
National Park 9 25 14 26 34N 45
Nelson 9 19 40 29 39N 50
New Plymouth 9 25 59 27 31N 42
Oamaru 9 9 42 33 49N 60
Ohakune 9 24 34 27 35N 46
Opua-Bay of Is. 9 40 45 23 10N 21
Otaki 9 20 49 28 40N 51
Otorohonga 9 28 17 26 29N 40
Paeroa 9 30 39 25 27N 38
Palmerston North 9 21 51 27 39N 50
Paraparaumu 9 20 32 28 40N 51
Picton 9 19 35 29 40N 51
Piha 9 33 4 25 22N 33
Queenstown 9 9 21 35 46N 57
Raetihi 9 24 33 27 35N 46
Rotorua 9 27 56 25 31N 42
Taihape 9 23 39 27 37N 48
Tauranga 9 29 24 25 29N 40
Te Anau 9 8 4 36 46N 58
Taupo 9 26 24 26 33N 44
Thames 9 31 32 25 25N 36
Timaru 9 11 26 33 47N 58
Twizel 9 11 36 34 45N 56
Waiouru 9 24 17 26 36N 47
Waipawa 9 22 43 26 39N 50
Wairoa 9 24 56 25 37N 48
Wanganui 9 23 9 27 36N 47
Warkworth 9 35 0 24 19N 30
Wellington 9 19 32 28 41N 52
Westport 9 18 30 31 38N 49
Whakatane 9 28 11 24 32N 43
Whangarei 9 38 17 24 14N 25
REAPPEARANCE
(The star will reapear at the bright limb at an distance CA degrees from the Moon's northern cusp)
U.T. Sun Moon CA PA
Location h m s Alt Alt o o
Auckland 10 6 28 18 -43N 328
Alexandra 10 3 42 25 -65N 306
Arthur's Pass 10 5 55 23 -61N 310
Balclutha 10 3 24 25 -69N 302
Blenheim 10 7 42 20 -60N 311
Bluff 10 2 21 26 -68N 303
Cape Palliser 10 8 37 19 -62N 309
Carterton 10 8 47 19 -61N 310
Christchurch 10 6 25 22 -64N 307
Dannevirke 10 9 13 18 -59N 312
Dunedin 10 4 5 24 -69N 302
East Cape 10 10 32 15 -54N 317
Featherston 10 8 39 19 -61N 310
Franz Josef 10 4 46 24 -60N 311
Gisborne 10 10 24 16 -57N 314
Glenorchy 10 3 6 26 -63N 308
Great Barrier Is10 6 28 18 -41N 330
Greymouth 10 5 39 23 -59N 312
Greytown 10 8 44 19 -61N 310
Hahei 10 7 42 17 -45N 326
Hamilton 10 7 56 18 -48N 323
Hastings 10 9 41 17 -58N 313
Haast Pass 10 4 1 25 -61N 309
Hokitika 10 5 27 23 -59N 312
Invercargill 10 2 28 26 -67N 303
Kaitaia 9 59 53 20 -26N 345
Kaikoura 10 7 24 21 -62N 309
Kaikohe 10 2 12 19 -31N 340
Kerikeri 10 1 57 19 -30N 341
Levin 10 8 40 19 -59N 312
Martinborough 10 8 43 19 -61N 310
Marton 10 8 45 19 -57N 314
Masterton 10 8 52 19 -61N 310
Milford Sound 10 2 46 26 -61N 310
Mt Cook Village 10 4 40 24 -61N 310
Napier 10 9 43 17 -58N 313
National Park 10 8 38 18 -54N 317
Nelson 10 7 15 21 -58N 313
New Plymouth 10 7 29 19 -51N 320
Oamaru 10 4 47 24 -67N 304
Ohakune 10 8 41 18 -55N 316
Opua-Bay of Is. 10 2 33 19 -31N 340
Otaki 10 8 34 19 -59N 312
Otorohonga 10 8 5 18 -50N 321
Paeroa 10 8 4 18 -47N 324
Palmerston North10 8 54 18 -59N 312
Paraparaumu 10 8 27 19 -59N 312
Picton 10 7 47 20 -59N 312
Piha 10 6 11 19 -42N 329
Queenstown 10 3 15 26 -63N 307
Raetihi 10 8 36 18 -55N 316
Rotorua 10 9 0 17 -52N 319
Taihape 10 9 2 18 -56N 314
Tauranga 10 8 40 17 -49N 322
Te Anau 10 2 24 27 -63N 307
Taupo 10 9 2 18 -53N 318
Thames 10 7 44 18 -46N 325
Timaru 10 5 14 23 -65N 306
Twizel 10 4 31 24 -63N 308
Waiouru 10 8 56 18 -55N 315
Waipawa 10 9 31 18 -59N 312
Wairoa 10 10 2 17 -57N 314
Wanganui 10 8 30 19 -56N 315
Warkworth 10 5 45 18 -40N 331
Wellington 10 8 16 20 -60N 311
Westport 10 6 0 22 -57N 314
Whakatane 10 9 30 17 -52N 319
Whangarei 10 4 3 19 -35N 336
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