RECON: Special occultation with P1000079

Event between P1000079 and star GA1180:02796344 with event index number of 2827259

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/12/19 11:49:25 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:43:51.1 +29:28:12
Equinox of date position of star is 06:45:18.7 +29:26:43
Stellar brightness G=12.9, use SENSEUP=32 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 500 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 115 degrees from the moon. Moon is 20% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=17.7

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Object is 6.1 AU from the Sun and 5.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 17.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 17.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 2 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 26 km.
The sky-plane scale is 3694.4 km/arcsec.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=60.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.4 sec chord
Diameter=24.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.4 sec chord
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for P1000079, (2022/12/19 11:49UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:43.1 +27:58:08  1.1 13.54 101
Alhena         06:39:02.3 +16:22:40  1.9 13.15 115
28 Gem         06:46:12.7 +28:56:44  5.4  0.54 115
PPM 096410     06:44:00.4 +29:21:06  7.7  0.30 115
P1000079       06:45:18.7 +29:26:43 12.9       114
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 0.0 km RECON observability=1.0 and success probability=0.0%

Site	Site mid-time (UT)	Sun alt (deg)	Sky	Moon	Star alt (deg)	Star az (deg)	Target	Observing Time (UT)	X-track (km)
Sleaford	11:46:19	-29.6	Dark	Up	42.3	265.0	Up	11:45:41 - 11:46:56	2144
Kamloops	11:46:49	-38.6	Dark	Up	51.4	253.5	Up	11:46:11 - 11:47:26	1632
Kelowna	11:46:44	-38.1	Dark	Up	51.0	255.3	Up	11:46:06 - 11:47:21	1580
Peachland	11:46:44	-38.3	Dark	Up	51.3	255.2	Up	11:46:07 - 11:47:22	1562
Summerland	11:46:43	-38.3	Dark	Up	51.2	255.5	Up	11:46:06 - 11:47:21	1551
Penticton	11:46:43	-38.3	Dark	Up	51.2	255.6	Up	11:46:05 - 11:47:20	1548
Oliver	11:46:42	-38.3	Dark	Up	51.3	256.1	Up	11:46:04 - 11:47:19	1515
Anarchist Mountain Observatory	11:46:40	-38.2	Dark	Up	51.2	256.5	Up	11:46:03 - 11:47:18	1505
Okanogan	11:46:39	-38.4	Dark	Up	51.5	257.0	Up	11:46:01 - 11:47:16	1439
Brewster	11:46:39	-38.6	Dark	Up	51.7	257.2	Up	11:46:01 - 11:47:16	1409
Manson/Chelan	11:46:39	-38.9	Dark	Up	52.0	257.1	Up	11:46:02 - 11:47:17	1380
Victoria	11:46:51	-40.9	Dark	Up	53.9	253.1	Up	11:46:14 - 11:47:29	1357
Wenatchee	11:46:38	-39.1	Dark	Up	52.2	257.5	Up	11:46:00 - 11:47:15	1331
Ellensburg	11:46:37	-39.3	Dark	Up	52.4	257.8	Up	11:46:00 - 11:47:15	1286
Yakima	11:46:36	-39.3	Dark	Up	52.5	258.3	Up	11:45:59 - 11:47:14	1247
PNWRO	11:46:29	-38.3	Dark	Up	51.5	260.5	Up	11:45:52 - 11:47:07	1237
Toppenish/White Swan	11:46:35	-39.2	Dark	Up	52.5	258.8	Up	11:45:57 - 11:47:12	1231
Dunrhomin	11:45:31	-28.3	Dark	Up	41.8	276.2	Up	11:44:53 - 11:46:08	1142
The Dalles	11:46:35	-39.9	Dark	Up	53.1	259.0	Up	11:45:58 - 11:47:13	1136
Nikitin	11:45:30	-28.3	Dark	Up	41.8	276.3	Up	11:44:53 - 11:46:08	1124
CU-SBO	11:45:30	-28.3	Dark	Up	41.9	276.3	Up	11:44:53 - 11:46:08	1115
Maupin	11:46:33	-39.8	Dark	Up	53.2	259.7	Up	11:45:56 - 11:47:11	1098
Sisters	11:46:32	-40.3	Dark	Up	53.7	260.4	Up	11:45:55 - 11:47:10	1000
Bend	11:46:31	-40.1	Dark	Up	53.5	261.0	Up	11:45:53 - 11:47:08	985
Oregon Observatory	11:46:31	-40.2	Dark	Up	53.6	261.1	Up	11:45:53 - 11:47:08	964
Chiloquin	11:46:28	-40.7	Dark	Up	54.1	262.5	Up	11:45:51 - 11:47:06	824
Klamath Falls	11:46:27	-40.6	Dark	Up	54.1	263.0	Up	11:45:49 - 11:47:04	793
Cedarville	11:46:19	-39.5	Dark	Up	53.0	265.2	Up	11:45:42 - 11:46:57	771
Fall River/Burney	11:46:22	-40.4	Dark	Up	54.0	264.9	Up	11:45:45 - 11:47:00	687
Gimple	11:46:18	-40.1	Dark	Up	53.7	266.6	Up	11:45:40 - 11:46:55	613
Greenville	11:46:18	-40.1	Dark	Up	53.7	266.5	Up	11:45:41 - 11:46:56	611
Portola	11:46:16	-39.8	Dark	Up	53.4	267.3	Up	11:45:38 - 11:46:53	593
Quincy	11:46:18	-40.1	Dark	Up	53.7	266.8	Up	11:45:40 - 11:46:55	591
Reno	11:46:13	-39.3	Dark	Up	52.9	268.1	Up	11:45:35 - 11:46:50	586
Yerington	11:46:09	-38.8	Dark	Up	52.4	269.2	Up	11:45:31 - 11:46:46	551
Carson City	11:46:11	-39.3	Dark	Up	52.9	268.5	Up	11:45:34 - 11:46:49	551
Gardnerville	11:46:11	-39.3	Dark	Up	52.9	268.9	Up	11:45:33 - 11:46:48	528
Hawthorne	11:46:06	-38.4	Dark	Up	52.0	270.1	Up	11:45:28 - 11:46:43	521
Lee Vining	11:46:06	-38.8	Dark	Up	52.4	270.6	Up	11:45:28 - 11:46:43	450
Beatty	11:45:55	-36.9	Dark	Up	50.5	273.2	Up	11:45:17 - 11:46:32	420
Bishop	11:46:02	-38.2	Dark	Up	51.8	271.7	Up	11:45:24 - 11:46:39	413
Patrick	11:45:41	-34.5	Dark	Up	48.1	276.4	Up	11:45:03 - 11:46:18	371
Laughlin/Bullhead City	11:45:43	-35.0	Dark	Up	48.7	276.3	Up	11:45:05 - 11:46:20	322
George/Scottsdale	11:45:30	-32.7	Dark	Up	46.3	279.1	Up	11:44:52 - 11:46:07	275
Lake Havasu City	11:45:40	-34.8	Dark	Up	48.4	277.2	Up	11:45:02 - 11:46:17	264
Idyllwild	11:45:46	-36.6	Dark	Up	50.2	277.0	Up	11:45:08 - 11:46:23	106
Calipatria	11:45:40	-35.6	Dark	Up	49.2	278.2	Up	11:45:03 - 11:46:18	85
Wildwood	11:45:54	-38.2	Dark	Up	51.8	275.8	Up	11:45:16 - 11:46:31	78
Yuma	11:45:36	-34.8	Dark	Up	48.4	279.1	Up	11:44:59 - 11:46:14	73

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 P1000079, (2022/12/19 11:49UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1 13.54 101
Alhena         06:37:42.8 +16:23:56  1.9 13.15 115
28 Gem         06:44:45.5 +28:58:15  5.4  0.54 115
PPM 096410     06:42:32.8 +29:22:32  7.7  0.30 115
P1000079       06:43:51.1 +29:28:12 12.9       115
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/12/17 15:29:33 UT

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