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Grazing Occultation Events in North America
July, August 2010

updated Thursday, July 29, 2010
courtesy of BRAD TIMERSON
 

ALL TIMES UT UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED

All Graze Predictions created using Dave Herald's OCCULT v.4 software.

Interactive Maps of Event Paths
Included Time File gives times along the graze path.
Email me for Profiles for longitude positions and elevations along the path.
Use the Offsets on the maps to adjust location based on the Profile.
At the links below, you will be directed to Google Maps of the event.  
This is an interactive map allowing you to zoom in on your location and find road intersections at which observing stations can be located.

I appreciate the help of Derek Breit and Kiwi Geoff Hitchcox in helping me get these pages published.

 

Important Request for U.S. Observers of Grazing Occultations

Missing Graze Reports:  1974-1985 (46 kb Excel file)

Please help Dave Gault and Dave Herald fill in data for these Missing Graze Reports.

Check this file to see if you have Graze Reports that have not been properly filed.

 


New Procedures to Report Total and Grazing Lunar Occultations

The International Occultation Timing Association (IOTA) analyzes lunar occultation observations and is now the world clearinghouse for such observations, having taken over this role from the International Lunar Occultation Centre (ILOC), which will close in March 2009. Because of this, new procedures have been established to aid observers in reporting their observations.

Two new ways (in addition to using OCCULT4 directly and LOW - Lunar Occultation Workbench) are being readied to report lunar occultations. One method uses an Excel Report Form similar to the Form in widespread use in the reporting of Asteroid Occultations. Those familiar and comfortable with the use of the Asteroid Report Form may want to give this new Lunar Report Form a try. The other procedure uses an application developed by Dave Herald called LunarReport which looks very much like the module used in OCCULT4 to enter observations.

Read HERE the latest information on how to Report Lunar Occultations (Word file)  (Text File)

 

Send all Grazing Occultation Reports to Mitsuru Soma .  North America observers should send a Copy to Derek Breit.

Send all North American Total Occultation Reports to Derek Breit

 New Excel-based Lunar Occultation Report Form

Dave Herald's Lunar Occultation Reporting Application (ZIP file)

(updated November 3, 2008)

Directions for use of the Excel-based Form (Word) (Text) LOW download page               OCCULT download page

 

Dave Herald's Summary Emails of the NEW Procedures  (Text file)

Dave Herald's Important Information regarding Double Stars and Lunar Occultations (text file)


Lunar Grazing Occultation Maps for 2010 - Magnitude 7.5 and brighter stars in North America

by David Dunham and Eberhard Riedel

 

Table of Events (text file)

Map, Jan 1 to Feb 20        Map, Feb 21 to Apr 15        Map, Apr 16 to Jun 30        Map, Jul 1 to Aug 30

  Map, Sep 1 to Oct 15        Map, Oct 16 to Nov 10         Map, Nov 11 to Dec 10         Map, Dec 11 to Dec 31

 


For these events, additional details can be found using Occult4

OR by emailing Brad Timerson directly for specific times and profiles. 

Be SURE to include expected observing site location and elevation.


 

July 29, 2010            ZC 3340         North limit           Times

 

July 30, 2010            ZC 3453         North limit           Times

 

July 30, 2010            ZC 3464         North limit           Times

 


 

August 1, 2010            SAO 92207         North limit           Times

 

August 1, 2010            SAO 92193         North limit           Times

 

August 2, 2010            SAO 92641         North limit           Times

 

August 3, 2010            SAO 93033         North limit           Times

 

August 3, 2010            SAO 93031         North limit           Times

 

August 3, 2010            SAO 93043         North limit           Times

 

August 4, 2010            ZC 493         North limit           Times

 

August 4, 2010            SAO 76001         North limit           Times

 

August 4, 2010            ZC 521         North limit           Times

 

August 5, 2010            ZC 652         North limit           Times

 

August 6, 2010            ZC 835         North limit           Times

 

August 6, 2010            ZC 839         South limit           Times

 

August 7, 2010            ZC 982         North limit           Times

 

August 7, 2010            SAO 78516         North limit           Times

 

August 7, 2010            ZC 1017         North limit           Times

 

August 7, 2010            SAO 78561         South limit           Times

 

August 8, 2010            SAO 79547         South limit           Times

 

August 11, 2010            ZC 1587         South limit           Times

 

August 12, 2010            SAO 118620         South limit           Times

 

August 14, 2010            ZC 1833         South limit           Times

 

August 17, 2010            SAO 183713         South limit           Times

 

August 17, 2010            ZC 2371         North limit           Times

 

August 20, 2010            ZC 2694         South limit           Times

 

August 21, 2010            ZC 2822         South limit           Times

 

August 21, 2010            ZC 2838         South limit           Times

 

August 29, 2010            ZC 233         South limit           Times

 

August 31, 2010            SAO 75768         North limit           Times

 

August 31, 2010            SAO 75799         North limit           Times

 

 

 


 

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