IOTA/IOTA-ES occultation update for (22) Kalliope / TYC 6814-00458-1 on June 5/6, 2004 visible from S Russia, S Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, S Hungary, frm. Yugoslavia, S Austria, SW Germany, N Italy, Switzerland and France Summary
In the night of June 5/6, 2004 a faint 10.6 mag star TYC 6814-00458-1 will be occulted by a 187 km asteroid (22) Kalliope. This update is based on USNO/Flagstaff, TMO and LaSilla astrometry for the asteroid and UCAC2 star position.
The updated path shows ~1 path width north shift with time ~0.3 minutes earlier compared to Edwin Goffin's nominal prediction.
Updated path runs over S Russia ~21:07.5 UT, S Ukraine ~21:08.3 UT, Romania ~21:09.2 UT, Bulgaria ~21:09.2 UT, S Hungary 21:09.6 UT, frm. Yugoslavia ~21:09.7 UT, S Austria ~21:10.0 UT, SW Germany ~21:10.3 UT, N Italy ~21:10.4 UT, Switzerland ~21:10.5 UT and France ~21:10.7 UT. Please check the path chart for details.
Beside occultation by main body, occultation by it's satellite will occur just south of main body's path. Special campaign is organized by IMCCE and additional informatoin can be found at EAON and Euraster sites.
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The event at one glimpse: * date and approx. UT time of event: June 05, 2004 @ 21:10 UT (Europe) * magnitude of target star: 10.6 * magnitude drop [mag]: 0.9 * estimated maximum duration [s]: 12.9 * approx. V mag of minor planet at event [mag]: 10.9 * geocentric parallax of minor planet ["]: 4.027 * apparent motion of minor planet ["/h]: 32.86 * angular distance to moon, phase of moon [deg,%]: 38, 89% * Goffin's original chart reference: A04_0608 The occultation path with path maps: * approximate ground width [km]: 560 * uncertainty [path widths]: 0.33 * uncertainty in time [s]: 7 * map: Overview European part * remarks: Path uncertainties [2 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 * (smaller) square box shows 30' field in all wider field charts * (larger) square box shows 3° field in wide field charts * remarks: Target star is in south Ophiuchus, about 6.3 degrees east of 1.1 mag star alpha Scorpii = Antares = SAO 184415. !!! 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. 40-degree chart 3-degree chart 0.5-degree chart Data for the target star: * name: TYC 6814-00458-1 * constellation: Ophiuchus * J2000 position [h,m,s; o,',"]: 16h 57m 19.5354s; -26o 04' 08.266" * position source: UCAC2 * estimated accuracy ["]: 0.03" (0.02", 0.02") * V mag [mag]: 10.55 * B-V [mag]: +0.57 * remarks: Data for the minor planet: * general information: number, name: (22) Kalliope approx. diameter [km]: 187 * orbital information orbit source: calculation Manek source of used astrometry: USNO/Flagstaff (Ron Stone), TMO (Bill Owen), LaSilla (Raoul Behrend) number of used observations: 121 USNO, 31 TMO, 5 LaSilla number of rejected observations: 0 time covered by the observations: 1997 11 29 - 2004 06 01 rms residuals ["] (RA,DE): 0.08", 0.09" estimated positional accuracy at epoch of event ["]: 0.05", 0.03" remarks: Path coordinates: click here Calculator(s): Jan Manek ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan Manek Stefanik Observatory Private : Petrin 205 Werichova 950 118 46 Praha 1 152 00 Praha 5 - Barrandov |_|_| Czech Republic Czech Republic / \ Internet : jan.manek AT worldonline.cz |-O-O-| --------------------------------------------------------------------U---U---