RECON observing guide for 4060_Deipylos_20251026191527

Occultation event with (4060) Deipylos, event index number 1420
Regions able to see the event: Australia

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/10/26 19:15:27 UTC

J2000 position of star is 11:26:12.7 +02:14:58
Equinox of date position of star is 11:27:32.3 +02:06:26
Star is 100 degrees from the moon. Moon is 23% illuminated.
Stellar brightness G=11.7, apparent brightess of occulting body is G=14.7
Use an exposure time of 0.12 seconds with the standard RECON-QHY system.
SNR of 24.6 per integration for unocculted signal
Expected flux drop is 94% with SNR of 23.1 for the occulted depth (per occulted point)

Apparent velocity is 35.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 33.6 arcsec/hr.
Position angle of asteroid motion is 107.3 degrees
The recommended exposure time corresponds to 4.3 km per image.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 0.5 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 36.3 km.
The sky-plane scale is 3835.3 km/arcsec.

Diameter estimates:
79.8 km assuming a 5% albedo, aximum of 2.2 sec for a central chord
32.6 km assuming a 30% albedo, maximum of 0.9 sec for a central chord
Cross-track diameter of 84.0 km used for deployment plan.

Star training set for 4060_Deipylos, (2025/10/26 19:15UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:44.7 +11:50:24  1.3 21.60 121
Denebola       11:50:22.5 +14:25:40  2.1 13.55 100
83 Leo         11:28:03.7 +02:52:19  6.5  0.78 100
PPM 157821     11:26:04.7 +01:57:16  8.0  0.40 100
PPM 157852     11:27:22.4 +02:18:58  9.4  0.21 100
4060_Deipylos  11:27:32.3 +02:06:26 14.7        99
Positions are for equinox of date

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.

Star training set for 4060_Deipylos, (2025/10/26 19:15UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:21.9 +11:58:02  1.3 21.60 121
Denebola       11:49:02.7 +14:34:16  2.1 13.55 100
83 Leo         11:26:44.1 +03:00:52  6.5  0.78 100
PPM 157821     11:24:45.1 +02:05:48  8.0  0.40 100
PPM 157852     11:26:02.8 +02:27:30  9.4  0.21 100
4060_Deipylos  11:26:12.7 +02:14:58 14.7       100
Positions are for J2000


Created by recondetail.pro, 2025/05/28 10:06:39 MT