Grazing Occultation Events in North America

Interactive Maps for Lunar Grazing Occultations
 

United States/S. Canada/N. Mexico
  visitors starting 31 Dec 2007

May, early June 2012

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 specific 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 getting 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 closed 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 now available to report lunar occultations.

Dave Herald has written a stand-alone application called LunarReport which looks very much like the module used in OCCULT4 to enter observations.

It is a small file (200k zipfile) that is a good alternative for those not wanting to download the full Occult program. 

 The second, much less desirable method, uses an Excel Report Form similar to the Form in widespread use in the reporting of Asteroidal Occultations.

If you use this Form, be aware that your results will be converted to an Occult readable format

and you will not be provided with feedback other than to see the results once they are published in Occult.

***It is preferred that all observers enter their observations in the OCCULT program.*** 

***If that program is not available, then use the stand-alone application provided by Dave Herald in the table below.*** 

As a LAST resort, you may use the Excel Report Form.

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

FIRST TIME OBSERVERS or those who have questions about filling in these Forms

should ASK THEIR COORDINATOR for help.

In North America, observers should contact Derek Breit with any questions they have. 

He is more than willing to help observers through that first filing session.

Check this out!  http://www.poyntsource.com/New/LunarOccTiming.htm

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

Reports should be created using the following tools. 

They are listed in the preferred order.

(PLEASE use OCCULT when available)