This page will be used to notify of Minor Planet (MP)
and brighter lunar events which are expected to be visble from the Wellington area.
For more details check the OccSec web site or for MP events run
Occult Watcher
or for lunar events run Occult.
Remember lunar events are good practise for your observing and reduction processes.
The doubles mentioned are also very valuable scientifically, so please have a go at those at least.
Asteroid events Mar-Apr near Wellington.
Date Time(UT) Event
2010 Wed 10 March 13:00 (188) Menippe occults TYC 4879-00454-1 m10.9
2010 Sat 13 March 10:35 (828) Lindemannia occults TYC 1397-00373-1 m11.2
2010 Mon 22 March 07:49 (3346) Gerla occults TYC 12181-1 m10
(low 7deg to the north)
2010 Thu 25 March 10:36 (313) Chaldaea occults UCAC2 36263443 m11.5
2010 Sat 27 March 12:33 (15) Eunomia occults TYC 7394-01305-1 m10.5
2010 Wed 31 March 14:13 (1390) Abastumani occults UCAC2 14931415 m11.8
(Several of these are in the east where I cannot observe which is why
I have not registered for all of them - jt)
Lunar Occultations predictions for Wellington involving bright stars
that you should be able to observe with a 6" telescope.
Occultation prediction for Wellington
E. Longitude 174 46 0.0, Latitude -41 17 0.0, Alt. 0m; Telescope dia 15cm
day Time P Star Sp Mag Mag % Elon Sun Moon CA PA VA AA
y m d h m s No D v r V ill Alt Alt Az o o o o
--- New Moon ---
10 Mar 4 11 27 32 r 158354 K5 7.7 6.8 81- 128 32 86 52S 255 23 235
10 Mar 4 16 34 31 R 2039 A0 5.5 5.5 79- 126 65 333 54N 328 170 308
10 Mar 4 17 57 46 R 2045cK0 6.4 79- 125 -2 55 300 79S 282 146 262
2045 is double: AB 6.40 10.51 0.70" 88.2
2045 is a close double. Observations are highly desired
10 Mar 6 11 18 29 r 2283 B8 6.8 6.8v 61- 103 14 109 73N 299 68 286
2283 = V0928 Sco, 6.74 to 6.76, V, Type ACV
10 Mar 6 13 39 39 r 184059 K2 8.0 7.1 60- 102 40 89 35S 227 351 214
10 Mar 6 15 19 2 r 184104 K0 7.3 6.5 60- 101 58 69 74S 265 35 253
10 Mar 6 16 39 4 R 2311 B8 6.3 6.3 60- 101 70 38 49S 240 29 228
10 Mar 6 18 6 50 r 2317 A0 6.6 6.6 59- 101 -1 72 335 44S 235 75 223
10 Mar 6 23 23 20 m 2347 A4 4.6 4.2s 57- 99 51 19 254 12N 358 230 347
R2347 = 19 Scorpii
2347 = NSV 7632, 4.52 to 4.58, V
10 Mar 7 14 21 23 R 2442 M1 5.9 5.0s 50- 90 38 92 86S 271 35 264
2442 = NSV 20878, 5.93 to 5.98, Hp
10 Mar 7 14 23 54 R 2443cF3 5.7 5.5 50- 90 39 91 70N 296 60 289
R2443 = 26 Ophiuchi
2443 is double: ** 6.6 6.6 0.10" 90.0**
2443 has been reported as non-instantaneous (OCc1496).
Observations are highly desired
10 Mar 7 15 56 40 r 184960 M0 8.2 7.3 50- 89 56 74 38N 327 94 321
10 Mar 7 17 17 15 r 185008 F2 8.2 8.0 49- 89 -10 69 48 32S 217 359 210
10 Mar 8 14 22 56 R 2577 O7 6.2 6.2 40- 79 29 99 68S 248 13 246
R2577 = 63 (Ophiuchi)/Sagittarii
10 Mar 8 16 49 25 r 2590 B8 8.2 8.1 39- 78 56 74 16S 196 323 194
10 Mar 10 15 18 32 r 188421 M1 7.7 6.8 22- 56 19 101 49N 302 70 310
10 Mar 10 15 34 2 R 2877 K0 7.8 7.1 22- 56 22 99 54S 224 352 233
10 Mar 10 16 1 26 r 188460cG5 8.5 8.0 22- 56 27 95 43S 213 340 222
188460 is double: ** 9.7 9.7 0.050" 350.0**
188460 has been reported as non-instantaneous (OCc1583).
Observations are highly desired
10 Mar 10 17 16 26 r 188508 G8 8.5 8.0 22- 56 -11 40 83 14S 185 312 193
10 Mar 11 15 24 32 r 163603 K1 8.3 7.7 15- 45 10 105 75S 242 12 255
10 Mar 11 15 28 6 R 2989 G2 6.7 6.4 15- 45 10 104 38S 206 336 218
10 Mar 11 17 2 1 R 2996 M0 7.7 6.8 14- 45 27 89 79S 247 15 260
10 Mar 12 16 3 51 R 3109 K0 6.6 6.1 9- 34 6 102 46S 213 343 229
10 Mar 12 17 35 42 r 3117 K1 8.0 7.4 8- 34 -8 23 87 31N 315 85 332
--- New Moon ---
10 Mar 23 8 47 25 d 918 K0 7.0 6.5 49+ 88 15 326 20S 160 7 161
10 Mar 25 7 26 14 d 79899 G5 7.0 6.5 70+ 114 28 13 89N 100 270 90
10 Mar 25 9 52 24 d 1223 F8 7.7 7.4 71+ 115 25 335 74S 118 318 108
10 Mar 26 11 28 35 d 1360 K0 7.4 6.7 82+ 129 26 323 83N 98 306 83
10 Mar 29 11 46 46 d 1717 G5 7.4 6.9 99+ 170 53 1 81N 79 258 56
Distance of 1717 to Terminator = 12.8"; to 3km sunlit peak = 3.8"
10 Mar 30 14 33 11 r 1845SG8 6.5 5.9s 100- 172 51 313 75N 344 197 321
1845 is triple: AB 6.6 9.7 29.5" 296.8 : AC 6.6 11.0 142" 211.8
1845 = NSV 5994, 6.49, range 0.07, V
Distance of 1845 to Terminator = 8.3"; to 3km sunlit peak = 1.0"
10 Mar 31 14 2 55 R 1970SA0 6.2 6.2 97- 160 64 343 71S 285 118 263
R1970 = 85 Virginis
1970 is quadruple: ** 6.5 8.2 0.039" 149.0**
: ** 6.5 8.4 0.061" 329.0** : AB 6.2 11.7 44" 312.6
1970 has been reported as non-instantaneous (OCc 331).
Observations are highly desired