Stellar occultation prediction by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sat Jun 24 19:14:20 2023 target : Neptune target radius (km) : 24764.00 C/A epoch : 2042-09-23T02:01:31.690 Event type : PRt : Neptune occs: not geocentric or topocentric : Ring occs: topocentric, not geoecetric Gaia source ID : 74461130751927808 2Mass ID (if available) : 02300691+1252561 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 02h 30m 06.95877s +12:52:55.78791s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.04 K magnitude : 12.560 G magnitude : 14.295 RP magnitude : 13.711 BP magnitude : 14.713 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 29.028 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -17.68 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 140.24 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 123.16 B (ring opening deg) : -3.07 PA of pole (deg) : -46.52 # 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 |+ + | | + + | SEP 23 01:09 - SEP 23 01:14 | PnnRie PAL Palomar Mt (200") 33.4 243.1 | | | | | PnnRnn PMO Purple Mtn Obs. Nanki 32.1 118.8 | | | | | PnnRnn 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 |+ | | + | SEP 23 01:09 - SEP 23 01:10 | PnnRie IRTF Mauna Kea/IRTF 19.8 204.5 | | | | | PnnRnn 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