IOTA/IOTA-ES occultation update for
(308) Polyxo / HIP 27972 = SAO 94989 on January 29/30, 2004
visible from Iran, E Turkey, Romania, S Moldavia, NE Hungary,
SW Ukraine, Slovakia, SW Poland, NE Czechia, N Germany and Scotland
Summary
In the night of January 29/30, 2004 a bright 7.3 mag star HIP 27972 = SAO 94989 will be occulted by a 148 km asteroid (308) Polyxo. This update is based on USNO/Flagstaff and TMO astrometry for the asteroid and Hipparcos star position.
The updated path shows no shift with time 0.2 minutes earlier compared to Edwin Goffin's nominal prediction.
Updated path runs over Iran ~23:01 UT, E Turkey ~23:02.5 UT, Romania ~23:05.2 UT, S Moldavia ~23:04.9 UT, NE Hungary ~23:06.0 UT, SW Ukraine ~23:06.0 UT, Slovakia ~23:06.5 UT, SW Poland ~23:07.0 UT, NE Czechia ~23:07.0 UT, N Germany ~23:08.0 UT and Scotland ~23:10.7 UT. Please check the path chart for details.
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The event at one glimpse:
* date and approx. UT time of event: January 29, 2004 @ 23:07 UT (Europe)
* magnitude of target star: 7.3
* magnitude drop [mag]: 5.4
* estimated maximum duration [s]: 22.7
* approx. V mag of minor planet at event [mag]: 12.7
* geocentric parallax of minor planet ["]: 4.321
* apparent motion of minor planet ["/h]: 15.87
* angular distance to moon, phase of moon [deg,%]: 42, 57%
* Goffin's original chart reference: A04_0121
The occultation path with path maps:
* approximate ground width [km]: 205
* uncertainty [path widths]: 0.33
* uncertainty in time [s]: 10
* map: Overview
European part
* remarks: Path uncertainties [1 sigmas] are given according to nominal star
position errors and expected asteroid positional accuracy.
Elements for WinOccult - use 'Save as ...' to download and save these elements.
Finding charts (prepared in GUIDE8):
* occulted star is in center - labeled with cross
* labeled stars have indicated SAO numbers
* square box shows 30' field in all wider field charts
* remarks:
Target star is in north Orion, about 10 degrees north of 0.5 mag star alpha Orionis = SAO 113271.
!!! IMPORTANT !!!
Purple stars in identification chart are so called 'non-star' objects in GSC; in dense fields
the 'non-stars' are often real stars or blends of close pairs. Be careful about this.
20-degree chart
3-degree chart
0.5-degree chart
Data for the target star:
* name: HIP 27972 = SAO 94989 = PPM 121583 = TYC 1316-02215-1
* constellation: Orion
* J2000 position [h,m,s; o,',"]: 05h 54m 58.4770s; +17o 24' 06.927"
* position source: Hipparcos
* estimated accuracy ["]: 0.01" (0.01", 0.01")
* V mag [mag]: 7.30
* B-V [mag]: +1.56
* remarks:
Data for the minor planet:
* general information:
number, name: (308) Polyxo
approx. diameter [km]: 148
* orbital information
orbit source: calculation Manek
source of used astrometry: USNO/Flagstaff (Ron Stone), TMO (Bill Owen)
number of used observations: 141 USNO, 18 TMO
number of rejected observations: 0
time covered by the observations: 1997 06 30 - 2003 12 22
rms residuals ["] (RA,DE): 0.08", 0.08"
estimated positional accuracy at epoch of event ["]: 0.04", 0.03"
remarks:
Calculator(s): Jan Manek
Path coordinates:
Centre Star Star Sun Path Limits Error Limits
E. Longitude Latitude U.T. Alt Az Alt Limit 1 Limit 2 Limit 3 Limit 4
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Latitude Latitude Latitude Latitude
46 0 0 37 30 47 23 1 40 25 273 -59 38 34 5 36 28 44 39 16 35 35 48 26
45 0 0 37 57 34 23 1 49 26 272 -59 39 1 1 36 55 22 39 43 38 36 14 58
44 0 0 38 24 25 23 1 58 27 272 -59 39 28 2 37 22 5 40 10 46 36 41 35
43 0 0 38 51 21 23 2 8 28 271 -60 39 55 7 37 48 52 40 37 58 37 8 17
42 0 0 39 18 21 23 2 17 28 270 -60 40 22 16 38 15 44 41 5 13 37 35 3
41 0 0 39 45 23 23 2 27 29 269 -60 40 49 27 38 42 38 41 32 30 38 1 52
40 0 0 40 12 28 23 2 37 30 268 -61 41 16 40 39 9 34 41 59 49 38 28 44
39 0 0 40 39 33 23 2 48 30 267 -61 41 43 54 39 36 32 42 27 9 38 55 37
38 0 0 41 6 40 23 2 58 31 266 -61 42 11 9 40 3 30 42 54 29 39 22 30
37 0 0 41 33 45 23 3 8 32 266 -61 42 38 22 40 30 29 43 21 49 39 49 24
36 0 0 42 0 50 23 3 19 32 265 -61 43 5 35 40 57 26 43 49 6 40 16 17
35 0 0 42 27 53 23 3 30 33 264 -61 43 32 45 41 24 22 44 16 22 40 43 9
34 0 0 42 54 53 23 3 41 34 263 -61 43 59 52 41 51 16 44 43 34 41 9 59
33 0 0 43 21 50 23 3 52 34 262 -61 44 26 56 42 18 7 45 10 43 41 36 46
32 0 0 43 48 43 23 4 3 35 261 -61 44 53 55 42 44 54 45 37 46 42 3 29
31 0 0 44 15 31 23 4 14 36 259 -61 45 20 50 43 11 37 46 4 45 42 30 8
30 0 0 44 42 14 23 4 26 36 258 -61 45 47 38 43 38 14 46 31 38 42 56 42
29 0 0 45 8 51 23 4 37 37 257 -61 46 14 20 44 4 46 46 58 23 43 23 11
28 0 0 45 35 20 23 4 49 37 256 -61 46 40 55 44 31 11 47 25 1 43 49 33
27 0 0 46 1 42 23 5 0 38 255 -61 47 7 22 44 57 28 47 51 32 44 15 48
26 0 0 46 27 56 23 5 12 38 254 -60 47 33 40 45 23 38 48 17 53 44 41 56
25 0 0 46 54 2 23 5 23 39 253 -60 47 59 49 45 49 40 48 44 4 45 7 55
24 0 0 47 19 57 23 5 35 39 252 -60 48 25 48 46 15 33 49 10 6 45 33 46
23 0 0 47 45 43 23 5 47 40 250 -60 48 51 36 46 41 15 49 35 57 45 59 27
22 0 0 48 11 18 23 5 58 40 249 -59 49 17 14 47 6 48 50 1 36 46 24 58
21 0 0 48 36 41 23 6 10 41 248 -59 49 42 40 47 32 10 50 27 3 46 50 18
20 0 0 49 1 53 23 6 22 41 247 -59 50 7 53 47 57 20 50 52 18 47 15 27
19 0 0 49 26 53 23 6 34 42 245 -58 50 32 54 48 22 18 51 17 19 47 40 25
18 0 0 49 51 39 23 6 45 42 244 -58 50 57 41 48 47 4 51 42 7 48 5 10
17 0 0 50 16 12 23 6 57 42 243 -58 51 22 15 49 11 37 52 6 41 48 29 43
16 0 0 50 40 31 23 7 9 43 241 -57 51 46 34 49 35 56 52 31 0 48 54 2
15 0 0 51 4 36 23 7 20 43 240 -57 52 10 38 50 0 1 52 55 4 49 18 8
14 0 0 51 28 26 23 7 32 43 239 -56 52 34 27 50 23 52 53 18 53 49 42 0
13 0 0 51 52 1 23 7 44 44 237 -56 52 58 1 50 47 29 53 42 25 50 5 37
12 0 0 52 15 21 23 7 55 44 236 -55 53 21 18 51 10 50 54 5 41 50 28 59
11 0 0 52 38 24 23 8 7 44 235 -55 53 44 19 51 33 55 54 28 41 50 52 6
10 0 0 53 1 11 23 8 18 44 233 -55 54 7 3 51 56 45 54 51 23 51 14 57
9 0 0 53 23 41 23 8 30 45 232 -54 54 29 31 52 19 18 55 13 48 51 37 32
8 0 0 53 45 55 23 8 41 45 230 -54 54 51 40 52 41 35 55 35 55 51 59 51
7 0 0 54 7 51 23 8 52 45 229 -53 55 13 32 53 3 34 55 57 44 52 21 53
6 0 0 54 29 29 23 9 3 45 228 -53 55 35 6 53 25 17 56 19 15 52 43 38
5 0 0 54 50 50 23 9 14 45 226 -52 55 56 22 53 46 42 56 40 28 53 5 6
4 0 0 55 11 52 23 9 25 45 225 -52 56 17 19 54 7 50 57 1 21 53 26 17
3 0 0 55 32 37 23 9 36 46 223 -51 56 37 58 54 28 39 57 21 56 53 47 10
2 0 0 55 53 2 23 9 47 46 222 -51 56 58 18 54 49 11 57 42 12 54 7 45
1 0 0 56 13 10 23 9 58 46 220 -50 57 18 19 55 9 24 58 2 8 54 28 1
0 0 0 56 32 58 23 10 8 46 219 -50 57 38 1 55 29 19 58 21 45 54 48 0
- 1 0 0 56 52 28 23 10 19 46 218 -49 57 57 23 55 48 55 58 41 3 55 7 41
- 2 0 0 57 11 39 23 10 29 46 216 -49 58 16 27 56 8 13 59 0 1 55 27 2
- 3 0 0 57 30 30 23 10 40 46 215 -48 58 35 11 56 27 11 59 18 40 55 46 6
- 4 0 0 57 49 3 23 10 50 46 213 -48 58 53 35 56 45 51 59 36 59 56 4 50
- 5 0 0 58 7 16 23 11 0 46 212 -47 59 11 40 57 4 12 59 54 58 56 23 16
- 6 0 0 58 25 10 23 11 10 46 210 -47 59 29 26 57 22 14 60 12 37 56 41 23
- 7 0 0 58 42 45 23 11 20 46 209 -46 59 46 51 57 39 57 60 29 57 56 59 11
- 8 0 0 59 0 0 23 11 30 46 208 -45 60 3 58 57 57 21 60 46 57 57 16 40
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