Predictions for Grazing Occultation of ZC 3505, 2005 Oct 15
Grazing Occultation of 3505 WG8 Magnitude 5.5
3505 = 20 Piscium
Date 2005 October 15 (Saturday) 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
150 0 0 -29 6 36 13 20 34 59 325 0.60 137.1 159.24 17.31S
150 10 0 -28 56 11 13 21 7 59 324 0.60 137.1 159.24 17.32S
150 20 0 -28 45 45 13 21 39 59 323 0.60 137.1 159.23 17.32S
150 30 0 -28 35 19 13 22 12 59 323 0.60 137.1 159.23 17.33S
150 40 0 -28 24 53 13 22 45 59 322 0.60 137.1 159.22 17.33S
150 50 0 -28 14 26 13 23 18 59 321 0.60 137.1 159.22 17.33S
151 0 0 -28 3 59 13 23 51 59 321 0.60 137.1 159.22 17.33S
151 10 0 -27 53 32 13 24 24 59 320 0.61 137.1 159.22 17.34S
151 20 0 -27 43 5 13 24 57 59 319 0.61 137.1 159.22 17.34S
151 30 0 -27 32 38 13 25 30 59 319 0.61 137.1 159.22 17.34S
151 40 0 -27 22 10 13 26 3 59 318 0.61 137.1 159.22 17.33S
151 50 0 -27 11 43 13 26 37 59 317 0.61 137.1 159.22 17.33S
152 0 0 -27 1 16 13 27 10 59 317 0.61 137.1 159.22 17.33S
152 10 0 -26 50 49 13 27 44 59 316 0.61 137.1 159.23 17.32S
152 20 0 -26 40 22 13 28 17 58 315 0.61 137.1 159.23 17.32S
152 30 0 -26 29 56 13 28 51 58 315 0.62 137.1 159.24 17.31S
152 40 0 -26 19 30 13 29 24 58 314 0.62 137.1 159.25 17.31S
152 50 0 -26 9 5 13 29 58 58 313 0.62 137.1 159.26 17.30S
153 0 0 -25 58 40 13 30 32 58 313 0.62 137.1 159.26 17.29S
153 10 0 -25 48 16 13 31 5 58 312 0.62 137.1 159.27 17.28S
153 20 0 -25 37 52 13 31 39 58 312 0.63 137.1 159.28 17.27S
153 30 0 -25 27 29 13 32 13 58 311 0.63 137.1 159.30 17.26S
153 40 0 -25 17 7 13 32 46 58 310 0.63 137.2 159.31 17.24S
153 50 0 -25 6 46 13 33 20 58 310 0.63 137.2 159.32 17.23S
Path coordinates are referred to WGS84 (as used by GPS).
3505 is double : 5.4 10.0 173" 285.0
Graze Path of component #2 336.21km South, and 213.3 secs. earlier cf. primary.
Librations Long +2.08 Lat +1.53
P +159.4 D +2.4
Illumination of moon 95%+
Elongation of Moon 154
Vertical Profile Scale 2.19 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
Horizontal Scale Factor 1.52 deg/min
Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in mm)
CA\Tdia 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
13.2 4.7 6.2 7.0 7.5 7.8 8.1 8.3
15.2 5.0 6.4 7.2 7.7 8.1 8.3 8.5
17.2 5.3 6.7 7.5 8.0 8.4 8.6 8.8
19.2 5.5 6.9 7.7 8.2 8.6 8.9 9.0
21.2 5.5 6.9 7.7 8.2 8.6 8.9 9.1
Lunar Limb Profile for graze near Brisbane
