RECON: TNO occultation with 523748

Event between (523748) 14UP224 and star GA0940:00726199 with event index number of 2262181

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/01/04 04:57:06 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:24:55.3 +04:31:16
Equinox of date position of star is 05:26:11.5 +04:32:28
Stellar brightness G=16.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 102 degrees from the moon. Moon is 21% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.1

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Object is 40.3 AU from the Sun and 39.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 109 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1485 km.
The sky-plane scale is 28581.4 km/arcsec.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.0
Diameter=373.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.0 sec chord
Diameter=152.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523748, (2025/01/04 05:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:31.6 +07:24:35  0.4  8.06 109
Bellatrix      05:26:28.4 +06:22:13  1.6  1.83 102
PPM 148872     05:24:51.0 +05:20:41  6.2  0.87 101
PPM 148977     05:28:43.1 +04:16:52  8.3  0.67 102
PPM 148884     05:25:24.4 +04:31:18  9.4  0.21 101
523748         05:26:14.8 +04:32:31 16.5       102
Positions are for equinox of date

This table contains the target star visibility for the RECON network. The observing range has been set to a maximum of 5.0 sigma about the mid-time.
The median site spacing is 30.4 km RECON observability=1.0 and success probability=77.6%
Site Site mid-time
(UT)
Sun alt
(deg)
Sky Moon Star alt
(deg)
Star az
(deg)
Target Observing Time
(UT)
X-track
(km)
Sleaford 04:57:50 -51.4 Dark Down 41.9 168.4 Up 04:48:14 - 05:07:25 457
Kamloops 04:58:31 -44.2 Dark Down 40.0 149.6 Up 04:48:56 - 05:08:07 282
Kelowna 04:58:30 -45.0 Dark Down 41.0 150.3 Up 04:48:54 - 05:08:05 220
Peachland 04:58:31 -44.9 Dark Down 41.0 149.9 Up 04:48:55 - 05:08:06 210
Summerland 04:58:31 -45.0 Dark Down 41.2 150.0 Up 04:48:55 - 05:08:06 199
Penticton 04:58:30 -45.1 Dark Down 41.3 150.1 Up 04:48:55 - 05:08:06 194
Oliver 04:58:31 -45.2 Dark Down 41.6 149.9 Up 04:48:55 - 05:08:06 165
Anarchist Mountain Observatory 04:58:30 -45.4 Dark Down 41.8 150.1 Up 04:48:55 - 05:08:06 152
Okanogan 04:58:32 -45.5 Dark Down 42.3 149.5 Up 04:48:56 - 05:08:07 98
Victoria 04:58:42 -43.0 Dark Up 40.8 144.9 Up 04:49:07 - 05:08:18 97
Brewster 04:58:32 -45.4 Dark Down 42.4 149.1 Up 04:48:57 - 05:08:08 75
Manson/Chelan 04:58:34 -45.2 Dark Down 42.5 148.6 Up 04:48:58 - 05:08:09 56
Wenatchee 04:58:35 -45.3 Dark Up 42.8 148.1 Up 04:48:59 - 05:08:10 16
Ellensburg 04:58:36 -45.3 Dark Up 43.1 147.7 Up 04:49:00 - 05:08:11 -19
Yakima 04:58:36 -45.4 Dark Up 43.4 147.4 Up 04:49:01 - 05:08:12 -54
Toppenish/White Swan 04:58:36 -45.5 Dark Up 43.7 147.5 Up 04:49:00 - 05:08:11 -72
PNWRO 04:58:32 -46.6 Dark Down 44.5 149.3 Up 04:48:56 - 05:08:07 -97
The Dalles 04:58:39 -45.2 Dark Up 44.0 146.1 Up 04:49:04 - 05:08:15 -141
Maupin 04:58:39 -45.4 Dark Up 44.4 146.0 Up 04:49:04 - 05:08:15 -177
Sisters 04:58:42 -45.2 Dark Up 45.0 144.9 Up 04:49:06 - 05:08:17 -255
Bend 04:58:41 -45.5 Dark Up 45.3 145.1 Up 04:49:06 - 05:08:17 -274
Oregon Observatory 04:58:42 -45.4 Dark Up 45.3 144.9 Up 04:49:06 - 05:08:17 -290
Chiloquin 04:58:44 -45.4 Dark Up 46.2 143.5 Up 04:49:09 - 05:08:20 -409
Klamath Falls 04:58:44 -45.5 Dark Up 46.5 143.4 Up 04:49:09 - 05:08:20 -439
Cedarville 04:58:40 -46.8 Dark Up 47.8 145.1 Up 04:49:04 - 05:08:15 -495
Dunrhomin 04:57:50 -57.9 Dark Down 53.6 166.7 Up 04:48:14 - 05:07:25 -528
Fall River/Burney 04:58:44 -46.0 Dark Up 47.7 143.2 Up 04:49:09 - 05:08:20 -544
Nikitin 04:57:50 -57.9 Dark Down 53.7 166.6 Up 04:48:14 - 05:07:25 -545
CU-SBO 04:57:50 -57.9 Dark Down 53.8 166.5 Up 04:48:14 - 05:07:25 -551
Gimple 04:58:43 -46.5 Dark Up 48.6 143.3 Up 04:49:08 - 05:08:19 -625
Greenville 04:58:44 -46.5 Dark Up 48.6 143.2 Up 04:49:08 - 05:08:19 -625
Quincy 04:58:44 -46.5 Dark Up 48.8 143.0 Up 04:49:08 - 05:08:19 -644
Portola 04:58:42 -46.9 Dark Up 49.1 143.6 Up 04:49:07 - 05:08:18 -653
Reno 04:58:40 -47.4 Dark Up 49.6 144.3 Up 04:49:05 - 05:08:16 -675
Carson City 04:58:40 -47.5 Dark Up 49.9 144.1 Up 04:49:05 - 05:08:16 -708
Yerington 04:58:39 -48.0 Dark Up 50.3 144.8 Up 04:49:03 - 05:08:14 -723
Gardnerville 04:58:41 -47.6 Dark Up 50.1 144.0 Up 04:49:05 - 05:08:16 -731
Hawthorne 04:58:37 -48.5 Dark Up 50.9 145.2 Up 04:49:02 - 05:08:13 -764
Lee Vining 04:58:39 -48.2 Dark Up 51.2 144.1 Up 04:49:03 - 05:08:14 -819
Bishop 04:58:37 -48.8 Dark Up 52.0 144.7 Up 04:49:02 - 05:08:13 -873
Beatty 04:58:32 -50.2 Dark Up 53.1 146.7 Up 04:48:56 - 05:08:07 -909
Patrick 04:58:22 -52.7 Dark Down 55.6 150.1 Up 04:48:46 - 05:07:57 -1035
Laughlin/Bullhead City 04:58:24 -52.2 Dark Down 55.5 148.8 Up 04:48:49 - 05:08:00 -1063
Lake Havasu City 04:58:24 -52.4 Dark Down 56.2 148.6 Up 04:48:49 - 05:08:00 -1127
George/Scottsdale 04:58:15 -54.5 Dark Down 57.9 152.1 Up 04:48:40 - 05:07:51 -1188
Wildwood 04:58:40 -49.0 Dark Up 54.5 141.8 Up 04:49:04 - 05:08:15 -1189
Idyllwild 04:58:33 -50.6 Dark Up 55.7 144.3 Up 04:48:58 - 05:08:09 -1214
Calipatria 04:58:29 -51.6 Dark Up 56.8 145.6 Up 04:48:54 - 05:08:05 -1268
Yuma 04:58:26 -52.4 Dark Down 57.6 146.7 Up 04:48:50 - 05:08:01 -1305

Azimuth is measured in degrees eastward from north. North is at an azimuth of 0, due East is at an azimuth of 90 degrees, due South is 180, and due West is 270.

Do not use the listing below for the RECON CPC 1100 telescopes. This is provided for other non-team facilities.

Star training set for 523748, (2025/01/04 05:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4  8.06 109
Bellatrix      05:25:07.8 +06:20:58  1.6  1.83 102
PPM 148872     05:23:31.0 +05:19:23  6.2  0.87 101
PPM 148977     05:27:23.7 +04:15:42  8.3  0.67 102
PPM 148884     05:24:04.8 +04:30:01  9.4  0.21 101
523748         05:24:55.3 +04:31:16 16.5       102
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/15 05:37:18 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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