Asteroidal occultations of stars brighter than 6.0m
Date UT Dia Durn Star Star Asteroid Visibility
Year Mon dd hh:mm-mm km secs mag HIP # Name No. Name region
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2004 Jan 31 14:10-14 107 5.9 5.2 70400 5392Vir* 739 Mandeville New Zealand, Tahiti
2004 Feb 28 3:33-35 38 1.4 1.8 90185 eps Sgr* 1113 Katja South Africa
2004 Apr 05 12:44-50 29 2.2 4.1 57380 nu Vir 2632 Guizhou Japan, China, Mongolia
2004 Apr 17 19:09-12 48 1.6 5.6 105668 18 Aqr* 1819 Laputa Australia
2004 Apr 20 19:10-28 27 2.4 5.2 69415 50 Hya 1780 Kippes Indonesia, Yemen, Egypt
2004 Jun 11 22:32-36 25 2.3 4.5 78990 ome2Sco 2957 Tatsuo South Africa
2004 Sep 06 15:26-33 67 3.9 2.4 84012 eta Oph* 287 Nephthys Saudi Arabia, India
2004 Sep 20 15:42-45 86 5.3 5.8 27316 131 Tau 202 Chryseis New Zealand
2004 Nov 10 20:10-30 22 2.6 4.3 11484 xi2Cet 1076 Viola Russia, South Europe
2004 Dec 14 22:48-52 31 2.3 5.7 20087 51 Tau* 2524 Budovicium South Africa
2004 Dec 21 6:03-07 71 5.2 5.7 2353 12 Cet 1028 Lydina Chukotka
2005 Feb 14 12:51-52 21 0.9 6.0 79938 Sco 1783 Albitskij New Zealand
2005 Mar 14 2:05-09 26 1.3 5.4 88380 7 Sgr 988 Appella Central Africa
2005 Mar 29 22:14-25 38 3.1 5.7 56146 86 Leo 2421 Nininger Central Africa
2005 Apr 19 21:54-61 22 1.9 4.8 93174 eps CrA 2734 Hasek India, Indonesia
2005 Jun 19 3:38-50 19 2.3 4.9 73473 del Lib* 1695 Walbeck Brazil, Bolivia, Peru
2005 Aug 01 18:50-52 30 1.3 4.8 66006 74 Vir 2192 Pyatigoriya Angola, Zambia
2005 Aug 11 0:16-18 113 2.7 1.2 37826 bet Gem 596 Scheila Australia, New Zealand
2005 Oct 05 2:06-24 33 4.7 5.1 24879 19 Aur 2928 Epstein South Europe, Algeria
2005 Oct 16 8:05-09 25 2.0 5.1 10053 14 Ari* 3237 Victorplatt Brazil, Columbia, Equador
2005 Oct 19 4:23-25 35 1.1 1.4 49669 alp Leo* 166 Rhodope Spain, Italy, Greece
2005 Nov 06 0:51-52 89 2.4 6.0 85442 Oph 109 Felicitas Equador
2005 Nov 22 19:25-27 22 0.6 5.5 96536 Sgr 3751 Kiang Angola
2005 Nov 25 15:36-48 20 1.6 5.5 19388 ome1Tau 3264 Bounty Jap, Korea, China, India
2005 Dec 02 0:00-20 124 19.2 5.6 37521 NZ Gem 405 Thia Russia, Turkey, Africa
2005 Dec 04 19:13-15 46 1.3 5.7 99825 Cap 2765 Dinant West Africa
2005 Dec 18 20:20-30 29 2.3 5.5 53273 Leo 1444 Pannonia Somalia, Indian Ocean
2006 Jan 04 17:28-52 46 5.7 4.3 21589 90 Tau* 306 Unitas Egypt, S.Arabia, Indnsia
2006 Apr 12 1:42-47 49 3.9 4.6 69974 lam Vir* 305 Gordonia Angola, Zambia
2006 Jul 23 20:29-31 51 1.9 3.7 16083 xi Tau* 347 Pariana Australia
2006 Sep 20 6:13-16 91 10.4 5.5 105665 33 Cap 385 Ilmatar South America
2006 Nov 14 0:00-05 29 2.2 6.0 20873 76 Tau 4732 Froeschle Kazahstan, Turkey, Africa
2006 Nov 24 15:10-22 27 2.4 4.0 12387 del Cet 2416 Sharonov Siberia, Kazahstan
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Comments
- Search limited to numbered asteroids larger than 20 km
* double or multiple star
- Highlighted are stars brighter than 2m (Kaus Australis, Pollux and Regulus)
- nu Vir - M1IIIab class star (d~6mas), D and R may last up to 1 sec
- Aug 11, 2005 occultation of Pollux is completely a daytime event
- NZ Gem - giant variable star (M3II-III), D and R may last up to 1 sec
- Froeschle event starts at 23:54 on Nov 13, 2006
- Events observed so far are listed here (16 as of Dec. 27, 2004)
Links
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World results of observations by Jan Manek
Page created: Dec. 18th, 2002 22:00+0300
Last updated: Dec. 28th, 2004 00:10+0300
Denis Denissenko
(denis@hea.iki.rssi.ru)