Stellar occultation prediction by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sat Jun 24 19:33:42 2023 target : Saturn target radius (km) : 60268.00 C/A epoch : 2030-10-18T10:05:26.650 Event type : PgtRgt : Saturn occs: geocentric, topocentric : Ring occs: geocentric, topocentric Gaia source ID : 48089752381241856 2Mass ID (if available) : 04253852+1933367 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 25m 38.54924s +19:33:36.54734s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.54 K magnitude : 8.395 G magnitude : 11.909 RP magnitude : 10.924 BP magnitude : 12.909 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 8.322 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -12.02 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 136.77 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 33.60 B (ring opening deg) : -25.38 PA of pole (deg) : -3.13 # a(km) ring ------------------------------ 1 74490.6 C (IER) 2 91984.7 B (IER) 3 117571.2 B (OER) 4 122050.4 A (IER) 5 133423.3 Encke (IEG) 6 133744.9 Encke (OEG) 7 136774.4 A (OER) 8 140461.0 F ring 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 (20 33.4 243.1 |+ + + + + + + | + + | + + + + + + + + |OCT 18 07:28 - OCT 18 13:12|PieRie PMO Purple Mtn Obs 32.1 118.8 | | | + + + + + + |OCT 18 12:52 - OCT 18 13:24|PnnRne KPNO Kitt Peak Natl 32.0 248.4 |+ + + + + + + | + + | + + + + + + + + |OCT 18 07:28 - OCT 18 13:11|PieRie MCD McDonald Obs. 30.7 256.0 |+ + + + + + + | + + | + + + |OCT 18 07:28 - OCT 18 12:38|PieRie TEN Teide Obs./Ten 28.3 343.5 | | | | |PnnRnn IRTF Mauna Kea/IRTF 19.8 204.5 |+ + + + + + + | + + | + + + + + + + + |OCT 18 07:31 - OCT 18 13:16|PieRie KAV Kavalur Observ 12.6 78.8 | | | | |PnnRnn RIO Rio de Janeiro -22.9 316.8 |+ + + + | | |OCT 18 07:35 - OCT 18 07:45|PnnRin ESO European South -29.3 289.3 |+ + + + + + | + | |OCT 18 07:39 - OCT 18 08:50|PinRin AAT Siding Spring -31.3 149.1 | | | + + + + + + + |OCT 18 12:09 - OCT 18 13:22|PnnRne SAAO So. Afr. Astro -32.4 20.8 | | | | |PnnRnn MSO Mt. Stromlo Ob -35.3 149.0 | | | + + + + + + |OCT 18 12:48 - OCT 18 13:21|PnnRne