Asteroidal occultations of bright stars (2007-2009)
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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2007 Jan 21 17:48-59 73 8.2 4.4 22701 ome Eri* 1796 Riga Africa
2007 Feb 16 16:15-19 29 1.3 4.6 80473 rho Oph 3325 TARDIS Australia
2007 Mar 25 1:20-26 33 3.0 6.0 33929 NP Gem 1940 Whipple South America
2007 Apr 18 0:54-59 76 8.3 4.2 43103 iot Cnc* 411 Xanthe East USA, Caribbeans
2007 Apr 30 4:10-22 44 5.9 5.4 82730 23 Oph 737 Arequipa Chile, Peru
2007 May 12 21:47-49 63 4.1 3.9 105881 zet Cap* 581 Tauntonia West Australia
2007 Jun 05 2:09-14 30 2.5 5.4 109472 38 Aqr 3647 Dermott South Europe
2007 Jun 30 9:17-20 24 2.3 5.5 93996 HR7249 1166 Sakuntala Colombia, Venezuela
2007 Sep 08 10:01-05 102 9.3 5.8 117491 21 Psc 570 Kythera NW Canada, Alaska
2007 Sep 22 21:12-15 62 3.6 5.8 27316 131 Tau 392 Wilhelmina SW Australia
2008 Feb 13 21:16-28 49 4.8 5.2 35699 56 Gem 729 Watsonia Near Africa
2008 Mar 09 5:40-45 214 12.2 5.7 23043 HR1585 45 Eugenia* Hawaii, Mexico
2008 May 23 6:00-13 30 4.6 5.7 88816 HR6769 4226 Damiaan Caribbeans, south USA
2008 May 30 3:56-59 26 2.3 5.6 77464 HR5875 1533 Saimaa Uruguay,Argentina,Chile
2008 Jun 15 13:10-20 70 7.1 4.4 86170 Q Sco 1048 Feodosia New Zealand, Australia
2008 Jul 29 22:00-04 28 1.5 5.4 11738 HR 737 625 Xenia Central Asia
2008 Aug 08 6:00-03 53 2.0 3.5 20894 tet2Tau 294 Felicia Brazil, W.Africa
2008 Aug 26 0:22-24 50 2.1 5.6 73133 xi2Lib 1357 Khama Chile, Argent, Brazil
2008 Sep 12 6:22-40 184 44.5 6.0 14764 HR 948 9 Metis USA, east Canada
2008 Dec 23 21:40-55 30 3.5 4.8 26777 126 Tau* 1655 Comas Sola S.Africa, E.Brazil
2009 Jan 24 18:29-30 67 1.7 4.9 83574 k Sco 693 Zerbinetta New Guinea, Australia
2009 Feb 27 21:25-26 53 1.3 5.1 94820 43 Sgr 284 Amalia West Australia
2009 Mar 21 4:38-39 79 2.0 4.4 105515 iot Cap 559 Nanon South Africa
2009 Apr 12 2:38-53 29 2.3 2.6 59803 gam Crv 3471 Amelin C.Africa,Brazil,Colombia
2009 Nov 17 9:43-55 92 8.1 5.3 3505 HR 197 4489 1988 AK SW Pacific
2009 Nov 18 15:03-05 96 18.6 5.9 32226 HR2479 313 Chaldaea Hawaii
2009 Nov 25 2:41-46 28 2.1 5.2 32173 psi4Aur 3300 McGlasson N.Siberia
2009 Dec 06 19:14-19 27 1.9 4.9 114939 chi Aqr 1674 Groeneveld C.Africa
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Comments
- Search limited to numbered asteroids larger than 24 km and durations over 1 sec
- Paths are VERY preliminary and may shift by thousand km and even more
- No stars brighter than 2.5m are occulted in the world during 2006-2012
* double or multiple star
* double asteroid (click here for details)
- iot Cnc - G8Iab class star (d~3mas), D and R may last up to 1 sec
- 56 Gem - giant variable star (M0III), D and R may last up to 1 sec
- chi Aqr - giant variable star (M3III), D and R may last up to 1 sec
- Events observed so far are listed here (16 as of Sep. 7, 2004)
Links
Events for 2003-2006
Events for 2010-2012
Asteroid occultation updates by Steve Preston
World results of observations by Jan Manek
Page created: Feb. 20th, 2003 20:00+0300
Last updated: Sep 7th, 2004 17:00+0400
Denis Denissenko
(denis@hea.iki.rssi.ru)