Uranus_2026-10-16T13_29_35.2200_MSO.txt
 
Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:41:03 2023
 
target                  : Uranus
target radius (km)      :  25559.00
C/A epoch               : 2026-10-16T13:33:55.570
Event type              : XRgt
                        : No Uranus occs
                        : Ring occs: geocentric, topocentric
Observer code           : MSO
Location                : Mt. Stromlo Observatory
Latitude (deg)          : -35.32000
E. Longitude (deg)      : 149.00833
Altitude (km)           :   0.770
Gaia source ID          : 51999924967265792
2Mass ID (if available) : 04112943+2056254
ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 11m 29.46194s +20:56:25.11539s
RUWE (>1.4 is poor)     :   1.01
K magnitude             : 13.494
G magnitude             : 17.423
RP magnitude            : 16.203
BP magnitude            : 18.978
DUPflag                 : 0
Distance (au)           : 18.686
f0 (km)                 :       0.000
g0 (km)                 :       0.000
skyplane vel. (km/s)    : -15.83
Sun-Target sep (deg)    :  138.04
Sun-Moon sep (deg)      :  155.32
B (ring opening deg)    :   75.12
PA of pole (deg)        :  -69.59
Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100
               Dec (deg): -15.17500
C/A sky separation (")  :   3.190
C/A sky separation (km) :  43236.4
NAIF SPICE kernels      : RAJobs_U111+rgf15.spk
                          URKALLv1.spk
                          ura111.bsp
                          IAU_URANUS_for_RINGFIT.tpc
                          vgr2.ura111.bsp
                          ura161.bsp
                          vgr2.ura161.bsp
                          peph.ura160.bsp
                          earthstns_itrf93_040916.bsp
                          earth_720101_070426.bpc
                          earth_200101_990628_predict.bpc
                          pg3f0000r.bsp
                          pg490000r.bsp
                          naif0012.tls
                          earth_flat_IAU.spk
 
b: ring blocked by planet  x: target alt <  5.0 deg or  sun >  -5.0 deg
Ring         I/E             UTC        b?  alt   alt-sun   radius     r-dot   lat-geo lat-geodetic
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epsilon       I 2026-10-16T13:05:00.230    14.69  -44.61   51445.40    -8.79
lambda        I 2026-10-16T13:07:49.319    15.14  -44.76   50026.71    -8.05
delta         I 2026-10-16T13:11:37.418    15.73  -44.95   48300.35    -7.07
gamma         I 2026-10-16T13:13:15.856    15.98  -45.02   47627.19    -6.61
eta           I 2026-10-16T13:14:25.906    16.16  -45.07   47176.12    -6.27
beta          I 2026-10-16T13:19:01.380    16.87  -45.26   45641.61    -4.85
alpha         I 2026-10-16T13:22:45.688    17.43  -45.39   44694.51    -3.60
 
No planet occultations
 
alpha         E 2026-10-16T13:42:30.949    20.31  -45.81   44707.04     3.60
beta          E 2026-10-16T13:46:13.048    20.82  -45.83   45647.64     4.86
eta           E 2026-10-16T13:50:46.393    21.45  -45.84   47176.12     6.29
gamma         E 2026-10-16T13:51:55.584    21.61  -45.83   47623.04     6.63
delta         E 2026-10-16T13:53:34.295    21.83  -45.83   48300.35     7.09
lambda        E 2026-10-16T13:57:21.466    22.33  -45.80   50026.71     8.09
epsilon       E 2026-10-16T14:00:19.047    22.72  -45.76   51526.86     8.84