2017 July 17 Occultation by 2014 MU69

Star:
equinox: 2000.0, epoch: 2017.539
RA, Dec: 19:00:08.29154 -20:39:37.9827
g': 12.602 

Satellite cloud loop.

target starfield
Click to invert. This is taken with the 16" Dob and the QHY174 camera on 2017-03-19 12:21 UT. At the time the target elevation was ~20 degrees. Gain=48, offset=0, and exposure time was 0.5 sec.

July 17 prediction

                       Shadow Center Line

                                                        Sun      Star     Moon
       U.T. Day/Time              Lat        Lon        Alt      Alt      Alt
                                 (Deg)      (Deg)      (Deg)     (Deg)    (Deg)

  Jul 17,2017    3:46: 0.0      -20.61      -20.64     -20.1R     9.8S    57.8R
  Jul 17,2017    3:46:15.0      -25.11       -9.44     -31.1R    20.9S    47.7R
  Jul 17,2017    3:46:30.0      -28.03       -2.07     -38.0R    27.9S    40.7R
  Jul 17,2017    3:46:45.0      -30.39        4.07     -43.5R    33.4S    35.0R
  Jul 17,2017    3:47: 0.0      -32.41        9.55     -48.1R    38.2S    30.0R
  Jul 17,2017    3:47:15.0      -34.20       14.64     -52.0R    42.4S    25.4R
  Jul 17,2017    3:47:30.0      -35.80       19.49     -55.5R    46.2S    21.2R
  Jul 17,2017    3:47:45.0      -37.26       24.16     -58.6R    49.6S    17.2R
  Jul 17,2017    3:48: 0.0      -38.58       28.73     -61.2R    52.7S    13.4R
  Jul 17,2017    3:48:15.0      -39.80       33.23     -63.4R    55.5S     9.8R
  Jul 17,2017    3:48:30.0      -40.90       37.69     -65.1R    57.9S     6.3R
  Jul 17,2017    3:48:45.0      -41.91       42.14     -66.3R    60.1S     2.9R
  Jul 17,2017    3:49: 0.0      -42.82       46.60     -67.0R    61.9S    -0.4R
  Jul 17,2017    3:49:15.0      -43.63       51.08     -67.2R    63.4S    -3.6R
  Jul 17,2017    3:49:30.0      -44.35       55.60     -66.8R    64.4S    -6.8R
  Jul 17,2017    3:49:45.0      -44.98       60.16     -65.9S    65.0S   -10.0R
  Jul 17,2017    3:50: 0.0      -45.50       64.78     -64.6S    65.0S   -13.1R
  Jul 17,2017    3:50:15.0      -45.93       69.47     -62.9S    64.6R   -16.2R
  Jul 17,2017    3:50:30.0      -46.26       74.23     -60.9S    63.8R   -19.3R
  Jul 17,2017    3:50:45.0      -46.48       79.07     -58.6S    62.5R   -22.4R
  Jul 17,2017    3:51: 0.0      -46.59       84.00     -56.0S    60.8R   -25.6R
  Jul 17,2017    3:51:15.0      -46.59       89.03     -53.3S    58.8R   -28.7R
  Jul 17,2017    3:51:30.0      -46.45       94.16     -50.3S    56.4R   -31.9R
  Jul 17,2017    3:51:45.0      -46.19       99.42     -47.1S    53.7R   -35.2R
  Jul 17,2017    3:52: 0.0      -45.78      104.82     -43.7S    50.7R   -38.5R
  Jul 17,2017    3:52:15.0      -45.20      110.39     -40.1S    47.4R   -41.9R
  Jul 17,2017    3:52:30.0      -44.44      116.17     -36.1S    43.8R   -45.3R
  Jul 17,2017    3:52:45.0      -43.47      122.23     -31.9S    39.8R   -48.8R
  Jul 17,2017    3:53: 0.0      -42.23      128.68     -27.2S    35.3R   -52.3R
  Jul 17,2017    3:53:15.0      -40.64      135.72     -21.8S    30.1R   -55.8R
  Jul 17,2017    3:53:30.0      -38.51      143.80     -15.3S    23.7R   -59.0R
  Jul 17,2017    3:53:45.0      -35.28      154.28      -6.4S    14.9R   -60.9S

West longitude is positive in this table. Timing and position is computed for sea level on WGS84 datum.


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