RECON observing guide for 884_Priamus_20251009122257

Occultation event with (884) Priamus, event index number 1350
Regions able to see the event: NMexico

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/10/09 12:22:57 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:56:50.3 +29:56:39
Equinox of date position of star is 03:58:26.6 +30:01:02
Star is 14 degrees from the moon. Moon is 92% illuminated.
Stellar brightness G=15.1, apparent brightess of occulting body is G=14.2
Use an exposure time of 1.50 seconds with the standard RECON-QHY system.
SNR of 9.9 per integration for unocculted signal
Expected flux drop is 30% with SNR of 3.0 for the occulted depth (per occulted point)

Apparent velocity is 9.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 9.4 arcsec/hr.
Position angle of asteroid motion is 93.4 degrees
The recommended exposure time corresponds to 13.9 km per image.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 0.3 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 31.9 km.
The sky-plane scale is 3566.1 km/arcsec.

Diameter estimates:
112.7 km assuming a 5% albedo, aximum of 12.2 sec for a central chord
46.0 km assuming a 30% albedo, maximum of 5.0 sec for a central chord
Cross-track diameter of 101.1 km used for deployment plan.

Star training set for 884_Priamus, (2025/10/09 12:23UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:24.2 +16:33:32  0.8 16.14  23
44Zet Per      03:55:45.5 +31:57:29  2.8  2.02  15
PPM 068850     03:53:41.4 +31:14:38  6.3  1.60  14
PPM 093151     04:01:45.1 +29:46:55  8.3  0.75  15
PPM 068983     04:01:34.3 +30:30:10  9.6  0.83  15
PPM 068939     03:59:04.2 +30:04:41 10.2  0.15  15
884_Priamus    03:58:26.6 +30:01:02 14.2        15
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 884_Priamus, (2025/10/09 12:23UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.4 +16:30:29  0.8 16.14  23
44Zet Per      03:54:07.9 +31:53:01  2.8  2.02  15
PPM 068850     03:52:04.4 +31:10:06  6.3  1.60  14
PPM 093151     04:00:08.7 +29:42:39  8.3  0.75  15
PPM 068983     03:59:57.4 +30:25:53  9.6  0.83  15
PPM 068939     03:57:27.7 +30:00:19 10.2  0.15  15
884_Priamus    03:56:50.3 +29:56:39 14.2        14
Positions are for J2000


Created by recondetail.pro, 2025/05/22 09:27:36 MT