Stellar occultation prediction by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sat Jun 24 19:05:30 2023 target : Neptune target radius (km) : 24764.00 C/A epoch : 2024-09-07T06:31:17.030 Event type : PtRt : Neptune occs: topocentric, not geoecetric : Ring occs: topocentric, not geoecetric Gaia source ID : 2449301926286745344 2Mass ID (if available) : 23564503-0147413 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 23h 56m 45.04618s -01:47:41.52900s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.02 K magnitude : 14.874 G magnitude : 18.020 RP magnitude : 17.037 BP magnitude : 19.024 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 28.918 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -23.35 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 166.19 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 148.10 B (ring opening deg) : -20.35 PA of pole (deg) : -42.37 # a(km) ring ------------------------------ 1 42000.0 Galle 2 53200.0 LeVerrier 3 55200.0 Lassell 4 57200.0 Arago 5 61953.0 Galatea 6 62933.0 Adams Observable events with sun below -5 deg and altitude above 5 deg unblocked by planet Obs Location lat Elon Rings I Planet Rings E Observed Events Interval OEcode ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PIC Pic du Midi 42.9 0.1 | | | | | PnnRnn PAL Palomar Mt (200") 33.4 243.1 |+ + + + | + + | + + + | SEP 07 05:52 - SEP 07 06:35 | PieRie PMO Purple Mtn Obs. Nanki 32.1 118.8 | | | | | PnnRnn KPNO Kitt Peak Natl Obs 32.0 248.4 |+ + + + | + + | + + + + | SEP 07 05:52 - SEP 07 06:34 | PieRie MCD McDonald Obs. 2.7m 30.7 256.0 |+ + + + | | + + + + | SEP 07 05:52 - SEP 07 06:26 | PnnRie TEN Teide Obs./Tenerife 28.3 343.5 |+ | | + | SEP 07 05:53 - SEP 07 06:09 | PnnRie IRTF Mauna Kea/IRTF 19.8 204.5 |+ + + + | + + | + + + + | SEP 07 05:54 - SEP 07 06:37 | PieRie KAV Kavalur Observatory 12.6 78.8 | | | | | PnnRnn RIO Rio de Janeiro -22.9 316.8 | | | | | PnnRnn ESO European Southern Obs -29.3 289.3 | | | | | PnnRnn AAT Siding Spring (AAT) -31.3 149.1 | | | | | PnnRnn SAAO So. Afr. Astro. Obs. -32.4 20.8 | | | | | PnnRnn MSO Mt. Stromlo Observato -35.3 149.0 | | | | | PnnRnn