Stellar occultation prediction by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sat Jun 24 19:07:17 2023 target : Neptune target radius (km) : 24764.00 C/A epoch : 2027-10-31T06:38:33.390 Event type : PgtRgt : Neptune occs: geocentric, topocentric : Ring occs: geocentric, topocentric Gaia source ID : 2545527339955749760 2Mass ID (if available) : 00165920+0014561 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 00h 16m 59.20652s +00:14:55.75760s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.06 K magnitude : 13.941 G magnitude : 15.529 RP magnitude : 14.971 BP magnitude : 15.921 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 29.034 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -19.39 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 146.74 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 125.06 B (ring opening deg) : -18.38 PA of pole (deg) : -44.22 # 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 |+ + + + + + | + + | + + + + + | OCT 31 05:55 - OCT 31 07:03 | PieRie PMO Purple Mtn Obs. Nanki 32.1 118.8 | | | | | PnnRnn KPNO Kitt Peak Natl Obs 32.0 248.4 |+ + + + + + | + + | + + + + + | OCT 31 05:54 - OCT 31 07:03 | PieRie MCD McDonald Obs. 2.7m 30.7 256.0 |+ + + + + + | + + | + + + + + | OCT 31 05:53 - OCT 31 07:02 | PieRie TEN Teide Obs./Tenerife 28.3 343.5 | | | | | PnnRnn IRTF Mauna Kea/IRTF 19.8 204.5 |+ + + + + + | + + | + + + + + | OCT 31 05:58 - OCT 31 07:07 | PieRie KAV Kavalur Observatory 12.6 78.8 | | | | | PnnRnn RIO Rio de Janeiro -22.9 316.8 |+ + + + + + | | | OCT 31 05:46 - OCT 31 06:01 | PnnRin ESO European Southern Obs -29.3 289.3 |+ + + + + + | + + | | OCT 31 05:48 - OCT 31 06:53 | PieRin 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