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 in North America
January, February 2010
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.
January 26, 2010 ZC 683 North limit Times
January 26, 2010 ZC 703 North limit Times
January 27, 2010 SAO 77200 South limit Times
January 27, 2010 ZC 822 South limit Times
January 27, 2010 SAO 77244 North limit Times
January 27, 2010 ZC 842 North limit Times
January 27, 2010 SAO 77281 North limit Times
January 27, 2010 ZC 867 North limit Times
January 28, 2010 ZC 1015 North limit Times
January 28, 2010 ZC 1019 North limit Times
January 28, 2010 SAO 78707 North limit Times
January 29, 2010 ZC 1193 North limit Times
January 31, 2010 ZC 1468 North limit Times
February 1, 2010 ZC 1566 South limit Times
February 3, 2010 SAO 138822 South limit Times
February 3, 2010 SAO 138825 South limit Times
February 4, 2010 SAO 157905 South limit Times
February 4, 2010 SAO 157920 South limit Times
February 4, 2010 ZC 1931 South limit Times
February 4, 2010 SAO 157972 South limit Times
February 5, 2010 ZC 2046 South limit Times
February 7, 2010 SAO 184209 South limit Times
February 7, 2010 ZC 2349 North limit Times
February 8, 2010 SAO 185020 South limit Times
February 8, 2010 ZC 2458 South limit Times
February 8, 2010 SAO 185126 South limit Times
February 17, 2010 SAO 128385 North limit Times
February 18, 2010 SAO 109329 North limit Times
February 19, 2010 SAO 92397 North limit Times
February 20, 2010 X 54005 South limit Times
February 20, 2010 ZC 440 South limit Times
February 21, 2010 SAO 75705 South limit Times
February 21, 2010 SAO 75704 North limit Times
February 21, 2010 SAO 75775 North limit Times
February 21, 2010 ZC 587 North limit Times
February 22, 2010 SAO 76374 North limit Times
February 22, 2010 ZC 598 South limit Times
February 22, 2010 SAO 76493 North limit Times
February 22, 2010 ZC 743 South limit Times
February 23, 2010 SAO 76924 North limit Times
February 24, 2010 SAO 77925 North limit Times
February 24, 2010 SAO 78081 North limit Times
February 25, 2010 SAO 79285 North limit Times
February 25, 2010 ZC 1110 North limit Times
February 25, 2010 ZC 1129 North limit Times
February 26, 2010 ZC 1245 North limit Times
February 28, 2010 ZC 1519 North limit Times
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