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)