Stellar occultation prediction by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sat Jun 24 19:16:40 2023 target : Neptune target radius (km) : 24764.00 C/A epoch : 2046-10-21T14:49:48.390 Event type : PtRgt : Neptune occs: topocentric, not geoecetric : Ring occs: geocentric, topocentric Gaia source ID : 33930177214654720 2Mass ID (if available) : 03033287+1523518 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 03h 03m 32.90663s +15:23:49.49748s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.12 K magnitude : 13.562 G magnitude : 17.425 RP magnitude : 16.237 BP magnitude : 19.131 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 28.878 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -22.76 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 159.82 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 55.11 B (ring opening deg) : 0.94 PA of pole (deg) : -44.61 # 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 | | | | | 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 | | | | | PnnRnn IRTF Mauna Kea/IRTF 19.8 204.5 |+ + | | + + | OCT 21 15:25 - OCT 21 15:25 | PnnRie 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 |+ + + + + | + + | + + + + + | OCT 21 14:46 - OCT 21 15:24 | PieRie SAAO So. Afr. Astro. Obs. -32.4 20.8 | | | | | PnnRnn MSO Mt. Stromlo Observato -35.3 149.0 |+ + + + + | + + | + + + + + | OCT 21 14:45 - OCT 21 15:24 | PieRie