Stellar occultation prediction by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sat Jun 24 19:50:02 2023 target : Saturn target radius (km) : 60268.00 C/A epoch : 2046-04-20T10:35:15.690 Event type : PgtRgt : Saturn occs: geocentric, topocentric : Ring occs: geocentric, topocentric Gaia source ID : 4120809395806543360 2Mass ID (if available) : 17264804-2139528 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 17h 26m 48.03017s -21:39:53.03961s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.12 K magnitude : 8.909 G magnitude : 14.044 RP magnitude : 12.743 BP magnitude : 16.003 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 9.386 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -8.59 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 127.58 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 57.22 B (ring opening deg) : 26.49 PA of pole (deg) : 4.77 # 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 |+ + + + + + | + + | |APR 20 07:15 - APR 20 12:01|PieRin PMO Purple Mtn Obs 32.1 118.8 | | | | |PnnRnn KPNO Kitt Peak Natl 32.0 248.4 |+ + + + + + | + + | |APR 20 07:14 - APR 20 12:00|PieRin MCD McDonald Obs. 30.7 256.0 |+ + + + + + | + + | |APR 20 07:13 - APR 20 11:58|PieRin TEN Teide Obs./Ten 28.3 343.5 | | | | |PnnRnn IRTF Mauna Kea/IRTF 19.8 204.5 | | + + | + + + + + + |APR 20 09:24 - APR 20 13:59|PieRne KAV Kavalur Observ 12.6 78.8 | | | | |PnnRnn RIO Rio de Janeiro -22.9 316.8 |+ + + + + + | | |APR 20 07:18 - APR 20 08:28|PnnRin ESO European South -29.3 289.3 |+ + + + + + | + | |APR 20 07:27 - APR 20 09:17|PinRin AAT Siding Spring -31.3 149.1 | | + | + + + + + + |APR 20 11:53 - APR 20 13:39|PneRne SAAO So. Afr. Astro -32.4 20.8 | | | | |PnnRnn MSO Mt. Stromlo Ob -35.3 149.0 | | + | + + + + + + |APR 20 11:51 - APR 20 13:36|PneRne