Predictions for Grazing Occultation of ZC 2743, 2006 Jan 27
Grazing Occultation of 2743 cA5 Magnitude 7.6
Date 2006 January 27 (Friday) 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 30 0 -37 34 44 16 42 46 -9 15 113 3.63 183.3 188.71 18.03S
174 40 0 -37 40 20 16 42 51 -9 16 113 3.58 183.3 188.70 18.02S
174 50 0 -37 45 56 16 42 57 -9 16 113 3.54 183.3 188.70 18.02S
175 0 0 -37 51 31 16 43 2 -9 16 113 3.50 183.3 188.69 18.01S
175 10 0 -37 57 6 16 43 8 -9 16 113 3.46 183.3 188.68 18.00S
175 20 0 -38 2 41 16 43 13 -8 16 113 3.42 183.3 188.67 17.99S
175 30 0 -38 8 15 16 43 19 -8 16 113 3.39 183.3 188.67 17.99S
175 40 0 -38 13 50 16 43 24 -8 17 112 3.35 183.2 188.66 17.98S
175 50 0 -38 19 23 16 43 30 -8 17 112 3.31 183.2 188.65 17.97S
176 0 0 -38 24 57 16 43 36 -8 17 112 3.28 183.2 188.64 17.96S
176 10 0 -38 30 30 16 43 42 -8 17 112 3.24 183.2 188.64 17.96S
176 20 0 -38 36 3 16 43 48 -7 17 112 3.21 183.2 188.63 17.95S
176 30 0 -38 41 35 16 43 54 -7 17 112 3.17 183.2 188.62 17.94S
176 40 0 -38 47 7 16 44 0 -7 18 112 3.14 183.2 188.61 17.93S
176 50 0 -38 52 39 16 44 6 -7 18 112 3.11 183.2 188.60 17.92S
177 0 0 -38 58 10 16 44 12 -7 18 111 3.07 183.2 188.59 17.91S
177 10 0 -39 3 41 16 44 18 -7 18 111 3.04 183.2 188.58 17.90S
177 20 0 -39 9 11 16 44 24 -6 18 111 3.01 183.2 188.57 17.89S
Path coordinates are referred to WGS84 (as used by GPS).
2743 is double : 7.7 8.9 0.40" 323.0
Graze Path of component #2 0.68km South, and 0.4 secs. earlier cf. primary.
Librations Long -4.27 Lat +6.12
P +188.1 D +6.9
Illumination of moon 5%-
Elongation of Moon 26
Vertical Profile Scale 2.11 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
Horizontal Scale Factor 2.11 deg/min
Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in mm)
CA\Tdia 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
13.9 6.1 7.5 8.2 8.6 8.9 9.0 9.2
15.9 6.1 7.5 8.2 8.6 8.9 9.0 9.2
17.9 6.1 7.5 8.2 8.6 8.9 9.0 9.2
19.9 6.1 7.5 8.2 8.6 8.9 9.0 9.2
21.9 6.1 7.5 8.2 8.6 8.9 9.0 9.2
Lunar Limb Profile for graze near Hamilton
