Stellar occultation prediction by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sat Jun 24 19:50:41 2023 target : Saturn target radius (km) : 60268.00 C/A epoch : 2046-05-18T13:03:11.390 Event type : PgtRgt : Saturn occs: geocentric, topocentric : Ring occs: geocentric, topocentric Gaia source ID : 4115052494691697792 2Mass ID (if available) : 17205477-2133381 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 17h 20m 54.76091s -21:33:38.52132s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.11 K magnitude : 7.532 G magnitude : 13.797 RP magnitude : 12.275 BP magnitude : 17.016 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 9.099 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -17.65 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 156.17 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 45.55 B (ring opening deg) : 26.50 PA of pole (deg) : 4.63 # 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 |+ + + + + + + + | + | |MAY 18 10:52 - MAY 18 12:05|PinRin PMO Purple Mtn Obs 32.1 118.8 | | + | + + + + + + + + |MAY 18 14:02 - MAY 18 15:14|PneRne KPNO Kitt Peak Natl 32.0 248.4 |+ + + + + + + + | + | |MAY 18 10:51 - MAY 18 12:04|PinRin MCD McDonald Obs. 30.7 256.0 |+ + + + + + + | | |MAY 18 10:50 - MAY 18 11:37|PnnRin TEN Teide Obs./Ten 28.3 343.5 | | | | |PnnRnn IRTF Mauna Kea/IRTF 19.8 204.5 |+ + + + + + + + | + + | + + + + + + + + |MAY 18 10:55 - MAY 18 15:07|PieRie KAV Kavalur Observ 12.6 78.8 | | | + + + + |MAY 18 15:11 - MAY 18 15:18|PnnRne RIO Rio de Janeiro -22.9 316.8 | | | | |PnnRnn ESO European South -29.3 289.3 |+ + + + | | |MAY 18 10:46 - MAY 18 10:52|PnnRin AAT Siding Spring -31.3 149.1 |+ + + + + + + + | + + | + + + + + + + + |MAY 18 10:55 - MAY 18 15:14|PieRie SAAO So. Afr. Astro -32.4 20.8 | | | | |PnnRnn MSO Mt. Stromlo Ob -35.3 149.0 |+ + + + + + + + | + + | + + + + + + + + |MAY 18 10:55 - MAY 18 15:14|PieRie