Stellar occultation prediction by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sat Jun 24 19:06:37 2023 target : Neptune target radius (km) : 24764.00 C/A epoch : 2026-10-18T15:17:20.950 Event type : PgtRgt : Neptune occs: geocentric, topocentric : Ring occs: geocentric, topocentric Gaia source ID : 2545054343796547840 2Mass ID (if available) : 00093823-0030078 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 00h 09m 38.23138s -00:30:08.38263s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 0.96 K magnitude : 14.183 G magnitude : 15.949 RP magnitude : 15.372 BP magnitude : 16.351 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 28.957 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -21.88 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 157.08 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 67.50 B (ring opening deg) : -19.11 PA of pole (deg) : -43.59 # 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 | | | | | PnnRnn PMO Purple Mtn Obs. Nanki 32.1 118.8 |+ + + + + + | + + | + + + + + | OCT 18 14:36 - OCT 18 15:39 | PieRie KPNO Kitt Peak Natl Obs 32.0 248.4 | | | | | PnnRnn MCD McDonald Obs. 2.7m 30.7 256.0 | | | | | PnnRnn TEN Teide Obs./Tenerife 28.3 343.5 | | | | | PnnRnn IRTF Mauna Kea/IRTF 19.8 204.5 | | | | | PnnRnn KAV Kavalur Observatory 12.6 78.8 |+ + + + + + | + + | + + + + + | OCT 18 14:39 - OCT 18 15:42 | PieRie 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 |+ + + + + + | + + | | OCT 18 14:32 - OCT 18 15:30 | PieRin SAAO So. Afr. Astro. Obs. -32.4 20.8 | | | | | PnnRnn MSO Mt. Stromlo Observato -35.3 149.0 |+ + + + + + | + + | | OCT 18 14:32 - OCT 18 15:30 | PieRin