RASC Handbook Events

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RASC Handbook Events

Updated 2016-08-21

2016 Noteworthy events

Sep. 8: SAO 185591 = HIP 86404 = ZC 2538, Sp. K0. Oceana is an M-class asteroid that might support an unusual shape.

Sep. 12: Alsatia: SAO 79847 = HIP 39077 = ZC 1200, Sp. K0.

Sep. 29: Leopoldina: SAO 113190 = TYC 0124-00082-1, Sp. K5. The star has a mag. 10.9 companion 17? away at PA 357º that will not be occulted.

Oct. 8: SAO 108935 = TYC 1177-00367-1, Sp. K0. A mag. 11.6 companion star 39? away at PA 351° will not be occulted.

Dec. 13: Tanete: SAO 129589 = HIP 9177, Sp. A0. See the Jul. 13 event note about a possible satellite.

2017 Noteworthy events

Jan. 30: Venus’s 30º disk will be 41% sunlit. Only the dark-side disappearance can be seen. SAO 146860 = HIP 117016, spectral type A0.

Mar. 11: SAO 80909 = HIP 46938 = HD 82670, sp. K5. The star’s angular diameter of about 0.003″ should cause the star to disappear in 0.4 sec for a central event and longer for a near-graze, so it might be measured from video or other high-speed photometric observations. There will be partial occultation zones about 4-km wide at the path edges.

Mar. 28 & Nov 13: Kleopatra is the largest M-class asteroid and the most elongated large asteroid, about 4 times as long as it is wide. Radar observations around 2000 showed it to have a strange dog-bone shape, but subsequent occultation and adaptive-optics observations indicate that it may be essentially two triaxial ellipsoids joined end-to-end. Observations of this occultation will help resolve the true shape of this strange asteroid.

Apr. 10: SAO 184216 = HIP 79392, sp. A2IV. The star has a 10th-mag. companion 12" away in PA 185º that will not be occulted.

Aug. 14: SAO 59794 = HIP 34358 = HD 53686 = HR 2665, sp. K0. The star’s angular diameter of 0.002″ should cause the star to disappear in 0.1 second for a central event and longer for a near-graze, so it might be measured with video. There will be partial occultation zones 6 km wide at the path edges. The path crosses central Nebraska a week before a solar eclipse there.

Aug. 23: SAO 164213 = TYC 5780-00308-1, sp. G. The path is over NW Missouri two nights after a total solar eclipse there.

Aug. 24: (849) Ara is an M-class asteroid that could support an unusual shape. Path in N Missouri three nights after solar eclipse.

Oct. 9: PPM 118757 = TYC 0644-00643-1. The star is the secondary star of a wide double; the 9.2-magnitude primary star is 19.8" away in PA 158º; it will not be occulted.

Oct. 21 & Nov. 14: Observations of an occultation in 2004 Apr. 18 show that (772) Tanete may have a satellite a few hundred km away.

Nov. 21 (849) Ara, Nov. 26 (110) Lydia, Dec. 4 (338) Budrosa, and Dec. 18 (161) Athor: These M-class asteroids are of special interest since they could support unusual shapes

               U.T.                           Max                      Star Star   Delta
    Date      Hr Mn  -   Minor Planet    -    Dur   -   Star Name    -  Mag Diam D   Mag -       Mapping Info       - -           Observing Info               -
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 2016 Aug 26  08:40     895 Helio             11.4  TYC 0493-00804-1   10.3         3.45 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2016 Aug 27  04:38      85 Io                28.0  TYC 0517-00165-1    7.5         2.88 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2016 Aug 29  08:57     648 Pippa              2.5  TYC 1876-00426-1    9.2      4  6.00 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements DoubleInfo
 2016 Sep 03  10:02      51 Nemausa           31.8  HIP 8524            7.6         3.93 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2016 Sep 05  07:29     200 Dynamene           4.4  TYC 1891-01222-1   10.2         3.16 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2016 Sep 08  04:18     224 Oceana             4.0  HIP 86404           6.9         6.50 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2016 Sep 12  08:01     957 Camelia           16.1  TYC 1757-01083-1   10.8         3.83 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2016 Sep 12  12:40     971 Alsatia            1.6  HIP  39077          6.9         8.10 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2016 Sep 13  10:22      72 Feronia            5.1  TYC 1304-01801-1   10.9         2.69 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2016 Sep 14  03:10     372 Palma             14.5  TYC 5223-00545-1   10.3         2.16 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2016 Sep 14  06:22     487 Venetia            7.3  TYC 5273-00902-1    9.7         2.07 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2016 Sep 28  04:33      60 Echo               7.8  TYC 1274-01204-1   10.5         1.51 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2016 Sep 29  01:14    1135 Colchis            4.9  HIP   2477         10.1         3.26 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2016 Sep 29  09:32     893 Leopoldina         5.9  TYC 0124-00082-1   10.1         4.52 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2016 Oct 02  10:20     849 Ara               11.3  TYC 1245-01023-1   10.7         2.79 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2016 Oct 05  06:07     451 Patientia         27.3  TYC 6978-00853-1    9.7         1.91 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2016 Oct 08  03:51     930 Westphalia         4.0  TYC 1177-00367-1   10.0         3.83 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2016 Oct 09  13:00     187 Lamberta          18.3  TYC 2423-00277-1   10.0         3.83 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2016 Oct 15  07:30     426 Hippo             20.1  TYC 3359-00873-1   10.9         2.79 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2016 Oct 18  03:00     680 Genoveva           8.0  HIP 112136          8.4         5.31 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2016 Oct 31  08:47     814 Tauris            17.5  TYC 0106-00637-1   10.1         2.25 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2016 Nov 09  22:58     607 Jenny              2.5  TYC 5751-01432-1    9.0         6.60 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2016 Nov 29  00:52     276 Adelheid           5.3  TYC 0528-01057-1   10.0         4.71 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2016 Dec 13  06:29     772 Tanete             9.0  HIP 9177            8.8         5.01 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2016 Dec 13  08:39     693 Zerbinetta         6.1  TYC 2938-01330-1   10.9         3.26 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2016 Dec 17  13:21     348 May                4.4  HIP 59286          10.4         4.42 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2016 Dec 19  13:45      43 Ariadne            5.2  TYC 0263-00520-1    9.7         2.97 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
		               U.T.                           Max                      Star Star   Delta
    Date      Hr Mn  -   Minor Planet    -    Dur   -   Star Name    -  Mag Diam D   Mag -       Mapping Info       - -           Observing Info               -
 -----------  -- --  ---------------------  ------  ------------------ ---- ---- - ----- ---------------------------- ------------------------------------------
 2017 Jan 05  00:23     200 Dynamene          12.0  TYC 1921-02175-1   11.0         1.03 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Jan 18  01:45     693 Zerbinetta         7.7  TYC 2918-01665-1   11.0         3.35 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Jan 18  07:26     143 Adria              7.0  HIP 41443           9.7         3.35 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Jan 20  03:35     586 Thekla             7.2  TYC 1343-00386-1   11.2         2.33 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Jan 21  06:09     135 Hertha             9.6  TYC 1886-00343-1   10.9         1.74 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements          
 2017 Jan 30  04:51      -1 Venus            848.1  HIP 117016          8.2         0.00 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Jan 31  03:27     206 Hersilia           9.9  TYC 1354-00834-1    8.5         4.12 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Feb 03  02:14     893 Leopoldina         8.0  2UCAC 33518079     10.1         4.42 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Feb 05  07:11     204 Kallisto           6.1  TYC 4916-00244-1   10.2         2.88 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Feb 07  01:50     739 Mandeville         9.4  TYC 0806-00344-1   11.0         1.29 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Mar 03  02:34      34 Circe              7.1  TYC 1280-00058-1   10.6         2.88 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Mar 08  07:03     235 Carolina          12.8  TYC 2469-00702-1    9.0         4.91 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Mar 11  06:31    1343 Nicole             3.0  HIP 46938           6.3    1 4  8.90 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements DoubleInfo
 2017 Mar 14  03:57     636 Erika              5.8  TYC 4950-00722-1   11.5         3.07 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Mar 14  03:57     113 Amalthea           4.3  TYC 1878-01081-1   10.0         2.97 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Mar 18  04:01     461 Saskia             2.5  TYC 1324-01960-1    9.4         6.30 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Mar 28  08:28     216 Kleopatra          4.4  TYC 5728-01527-1   11.4         1.74 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Mar 29  02:56     304 Olga               3.8  TYC 0739-02340-1   11.5         3.74 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Mar 30  00:56      68 Leto               5.7  TYC 2406-01895-1   10.8         1.99 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Apr 10  09:49     599 Luisa              9.3  HIP 79392           8.5         4.71 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Apr 11  10:04     105 Artemis            9.6  HIP 62736           8.9         2.07 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Jun 06  04:46       5 Astraea           12.7  TYC 6283-00014-1    9.6         1.82 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Jun 21  03:24     582 Olympia            3.0  TYC 1038-01489-1   10.7         3.54 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Jul 01  04:15     209 Dido              20.7  TYC 7349-01278-1   10.8         2.16 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Jul 17  02:34     205 Martha             6.0  TYC 5155-00399-1   11.4         1.99 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Jul 18  05:10     412 Elisabetha         9.8  TYC 6263-02266-1    9.9         3.35 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Aug 13  04:03     318 Magdalena          6.6  TYC 5774-00489-1   10.6         3.64 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Aug 14  09:27     930 Westphalia         1.1  HIP 34358           5.9    2   10.90 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Aug 20  04:00     267 Tirza              5.3  TYC 6391-00965-1    9.1         4.62 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Aug 23  03:55     834 Burnhamia          6.6  TYC 5780-00308-1    9.1         4.03 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Aug 24  10:52     849 Ara                3.1  TYC 0741-01184-1   10.4         4.42 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Aug 28  01:03     506 Marion             6.7  TYC 5225-00428-1   11.6         1.99 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Sep 03  09:05      31 Euphrosyne         9.8  TYC 2415-01151-1   11.5         0.97 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Sep 04  05:43     124 Alkeste            7.9  TYC 5802-01153-1    9.5         2.25 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Sep 09  08:41     732 Tjilaki            3.1  TYC 5246-00750-1    8.9         4.52 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Sep 11  11:07     199 Byblis             3.1  TYC 1320-01092-1    9.2         5.90 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Sep 12  06:15     241 Germania          18.0  TYC 5233-02000-1    9.0         2.51 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Sep 12  10:54     535 Montague           5.8  TYC 1271-01321-1   10.4         3.93 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Sep 30  06:34     751 Faina              4.7  HIP 39387           9.0         4.81 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Oct 07  09:42      56 Melete            15.8  TYC 1314-01646-1   11.2         2.60 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Oct 09  04:01      44 Nysa              16.0  TYC 0644-00643-1    9.4         1.16 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Oct 21  06:50     772 Tanete             7.8  TYC 2450-01220-1   10.1         3.83 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Oct 23  02:32     154 Bertha            11.5  TYC 0638-00660-1   10.2         2.42 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Oct 25  09:31     111 Ate               14.2  TYC 1766-00900-1   11.5         0.66 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Oct 25  09:43     319 Leona              4.2  TYC 0780-00625-1    9.7         5.71 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Nov 06  05:32     505 Cava              20.7  HIP 116724          9.0         3.64 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Nov 08  10:21      56 Melete            17.4  TYC 0742-01328-1   10.5         2.79 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Nov 09  11:01     491 Carina             9.0  TYC 4756-00238-1    9.9         3.83 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Nov 11  02:35     388 Charybdis         17.5  TYC 2408-00547-1   10.0         3.54 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Nov 12  01:32     545 Messalina          5.4  2UCAC 27012288     11.2         2.97 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Nov 13  03:54     216 Kleopatra          4.8  TYC 5175-00471-1   11.8         0.86 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Nov 14  10:56     772 Tanete             8.6  TYC 2948-00195-1    9.7         3.93 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Nov 15  01:25    1255 Schilowa           3.2  TYC 1240-00303-1    9.2         4.52 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Nov 15  06:44     420 Bertholda         12.1  HIP 13855           8.9         4.12 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Nov 16  01:54    1109 Tata               6.4  TYC 5229-00980-1   11.4         4.32 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Nov 19  03:28     167 Urda               4.1  2UCAC 38934333     11.3         2.42 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Nov 19  09:39     735 Marghanna          3.4  TYC 1441-02328-1   11.1         4.91 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Nov 21  08:50     849 Ara                8.6  TYC 0171-02617-1   10.7         3.45 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Nov 23  06:53     494 Virtus             7.0  HIP 48778           8.7         5.90 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Nov 26  06:20     110 Lydia              8.6  TYC 1885-01101-1   11.3         1.16 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Nov 26  08:34     758 Mancunia          14.3  TYC 0033-00800-1   10.8         1.91 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Dec 04  08:25     338 Budrosa            6.4  TYC 1856-00889-1   11.2         1.59 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Dec 07  06:18     151 Abundantia         3.9  TYC 1799-00448-1   10.9         2.07 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Dec 10  01:35     151 Abundantia         4.1  TYC 1798-00616-1   11.2         1.82 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Dec 11  04:50     141 Lumen             14.1  TYC 2915-01715-1   10.8         1.16 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Dec 15  04:33      53 Kalypso            7.5  TYC 4669-00354-1   11.1         2.42 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Dec 18  10:49     161 Athor              3.2  TYC 2431-00133-1    9.9         2.88 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Dec 21  12:27     980 Anacostia          5.8  TYC 2405-01295-1    9.9         1.74 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Dec 21  15:14     334 Chicago           11.9  TYC 1336-00845-1   10.9         2.51 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements           
 2017 Dec 26  06:41     980 Anacostia          5.9  TYC 2404-00686-1   11.1         0.97 Global GoogleMap GoogleEarth Path Sites Chart Stars Elements

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