RECON observing guide for 911_Agamemnon_20251124191622

Occultation event with (911) Agamemnon, event index number 1580
Regions able to see the event: Australia

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/11/24 19:16:22 UTC

J2000 position of star is 11:49:26.2 -03:29:12
Equinox of date position of star is 11:50:45.7 -03:37:51
Star is 113 degrees from the moon. Moon is 18% illuminated.
Stellar brightness G=15.1, apparent brightess of occulting body is G=13.8
Use an exposure time of 1.25 seconds with the standard RECON-QHY system.
SNR of 8.1 per integration for unocculted signal
Expected flux drop is 22% with SNR of 1.8 for the occulted depth (per occulted point)

Apparent velocity is 25.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 22.1 arcsec/hr.
Position angle of asteroid motion is 128.1 degrees
The recommended exposure time corresponds to 32.0 km per image.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1.4 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 5.0 km.
The sky-plane scale is 4172.3 km/arcsec.

Diameter estimates:
160.7 km assuming a 5% albedo, aximum of 6.3 sec for a central chord
65.6 km assuming a 30% albedo, maximum of 2.6 sec for a central chord
Cross-track diameter of 131.0 km used for deployment plan.

Star training set for 911_Agamemnon, (2025/11/24 19:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:33.7 -11:17:44  1.0 24.93  88
4Gam Crv       12:17:08.5 -17:41:08  2.6 15.47 100
PPM 194890     11:52:21.8 -05:28:39  5.6  1.89 112
PPM 194858     11:50:36.3 -03:27:25  8.4  0.18 113
PPM 194861     11:50:49.8 -03:35:11 10.1  0.05 113
911_Agamemnon  11:50:45.7 -03:37:51 13.8       113
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 911_Agamemnon, (2025/11/24 19:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 24.93  88
4Gam Crv       12:15:48.1 -17:32:30  2.6 15.47 100
PPM 194890     11:51:02.2 -05:20:00  5.6  1.89 112
PPM 194858     11:49:16.8 -03:18:47  8.4  0.18 113
PPM 194861     11:49:30.3 -03:26:33 10.1  0.05 113
911_Agamemnon  11:49:26.2 -03:29:12 13.8       113
Positions are for J2000


Created by recondetail.pro, 2025/05/22 10:53:52 MT