United States/S. Canada/N. Mexico
visitors starting 31 Dec 2007
United States/S. Canada/N. Mexico
visitors starting 31 Dec 2007
Grazing Occultation Events
July
2009
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.
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)
| 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)
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 2, 2009 SAO 182573 North limit Times
July 2, 2009 ZC 2076 North limit Times
July 4, 2009 SAO 184209 North limit Times
July 9, 2009 ZC 3017 North limit Times
July 10, 2009 ZC 3142 North limit Times
July 11, 2009 ZC 3269 North limit Times
July 12, 2009 ZC 3366 North limit Times
July 12, 2009 SAO 146405 North limit Times
July 12, 2009 SAO 146429 North limit Times
July 13, 2009 SAO 128329 North limit Times
July 13, 2009 ZC 3501 North limit Times
July 14, 2009 ZC 51 North limit Times
July 14, 2009 SAO 109227 North limit Times
July 15, 2009 ZC 221 North limit ( - cusp angle) Times
July 16, 2009 ZC 311 North limit Times
July 17, 2009 ZC 438 North limit Times
July 17, 2009 SAO 75704 North limit Times
July 18, 2009 SAO 76415 North limit Times
July 20, 2009 ZC 949 North limit Times
July 20, 2009 SAO 78173 North limit Times
July 20, 2009 SAO 78209 North limit Times
July 20, 2009 SAO 78250 North limit Times
July 20, 2009 ZC 966 North limit Times
July 20, 2009 SAO 78322 North limit Times
July 30, 2009 ZC 2164 South limit Times
July 30, 2009 ZC 2268 North limit Times
July 31, 2009 ZC 2287 South limit Times
