Stellar occultation prediction by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sat Jun 24 19:49:31 2023 target : Saturn target radius (km) : 60268.00 C/A epoch : 2046-03-29T19:32:18.810 Event type : PgtRgt : Saturn occs: geocentric, topocentric : Ring occs: geocentric, topocentric Gaia source ID : 4117825497411079808 2Mass ID (if available) : 17280113-2142192 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 17h 28m 01.12314s -21:42:19.47588s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 0.98 K magnitude : 9.850 G magnitude : 14.538 RP magnitude : 13.336 BP magnitude : 16.097 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 9.707 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : 1.40 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 106.05 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 22.38 B (ring opening deg) : 26.51 PA of pole (deg) : 4.80 # 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 | | | + + |MAR 31 04:04 - MAR 31 04:14|PnnRne PAL Palomar Mt (20 33.4 243.1 | + + | + | |MAR 29 09:16 - MAR 29 10:33|PinRin PMO Purple Mtn Obs 32.1 118.8 | | | | |PnnRnn KPNO Kitt Peak Natl 32.0 248.4 | + + | + | |MAR 29 09:19 - MAR 29 10:37|PinRin MCD McDonald Obs. 30.7 256.0 | + + | + | |MAR 29 09:25 - MAR 29 10:44|PinRin TEN Teide Obs./Ten 28.3 343.5 |+ | + | + + + |MAR 29 06:35 - MAR 31 04:38|PneRie IRTF Mauna Kea/IRTF 19.8 204.5 | | | + |MAR 30 15:52 - MAR 30 15:52|PnnRne KAV Kavalur Observ 12.6 78.8 | | | + |MAR 30 22:58 - MAR 30 22:58|PnnRne RIO Rio de Janeiro -22.9 316.8 |+ + + + + | + | + + |MAR 29 04:03 - MAR 31 03:34|PneRie ESO European South -29.3 289.3 |+ + + + + + | + + | |MAR 29 03:24 - MAR 30 05:25|PieRin AAT Siding Spring -31.3 149.1 | | | + |MAR 30 14:10 - MAR 30 14:10|PnnRne SAAO So. Afr. Astro -32.4 20.8 | | | + + + + |MAR 30 22:12 - MAR 31 04:21|PnnRne MSO Mt. Stromlo Ob -35.3 149.0 | | | + |MAR 30 14:14 - MAR 30 14:14|PnnRne