Table of occultations

(Details of occultations of fainter stars for your location are available from the director on request. You can either send an e-mail or use the regular post. If you choose the latter means of communication then an SAE is required please.)

Month	Day	STAR	M(v)	Type	Greenwich U.T.	Alt.	Az.	P.A. (deg)	Edinburgh U.T	Alt.	Az.	P.A. (deg)	NOTES
OCT	12	33 Capricorni ZC3130	5.4	DD	20h 41m	17	190	84	20h 36m	13	186	75	Waxing gibbous
OCT	14	Chi Aquarii ZC3421	4.9	DD	22h 56m	29	201	20	23h 01m	25	198	2	Waxing gibbous
OCT	19	40 Arietis ZC 415	5.8	RD	Appulse	-	-	-	00h 59m	52	175	185	Waning gibbous
OCT	20	SAO 76215 ZC 556	5.4	RD	04h 08m	52	235	229	04h 06m	51	226	245	Waning gibbous
OCT	23	49 Aurigae ZC1008	5.3	RD	01h 36m	50	109	273	01h 37m	47	111	288	Waning gibbous
OCT	23	54 Aurigae ZC1022	6	RD	03h 37m	64	150	344	Appulse	-	-	-	Waning gibbous
OCT	25	Lambda Cancri ZC1251	5.9	RD	00h 37m	23	80	243	00h 47m	23	81	259	LAST QUARTER
OCT	28	53 Leonis ZC1576	5.3	DB	04h 39m	29	111	35	Appulse	-	-	-	Waning crescent
OCT	28	53 Leonis ZC1576	5.3	RD	04h 46m	30	113	23	Appulse	-	-	-	Waning crescent
NOV	11	24 Piscium ZC3514	5.9	DD	23h 47m	21	236	149	23h 23m	22	224	107	Waxing gibbous
NOV	16	Tau Arietis ZC486	5.3	DD	Appulse	-	-	-	00h 46m	54	201	148	FULL
NOV	16	Tau Arietis ZC486	5.3	RD	Appulse	-	-	-	00h 58m	53	206	166	FULL
NOV	16	36 Tauri ZC 598	5.5	RD	18h 48m	23	79	264	18h 54m	23	80	272	FULL
NOV	17	Chi Tauri ZC 647	5.4	RD	04h 27m	40	262	308	Appulse	-	-	-	Waning gibbous
NOV	20	Omega 1 Cancri ZC1206	5.9	RD	23h 45m	36	93	335	Appulse	-	-	-	Waning gibbous
DEC	9	44 Piscium ZC 50	5.8	DD	21h 22m	33	220	21	21h 28m	31	217	360	Waxing gibbous
DEC	11	SAO 92763 ZC 299	6	DD	Appulse	-	-	-	19h 37m	45	157	148	Waxing gibbous
DEC	12	19 Arietis ZC326	5.7	DD	01h 56m	20	269	56	01h 53m	22	264	42	Waxing gibbous
DEC	12	40 Arietis ZC415	5.8	DD	16h 05m	21	86	71	16h 13m	20	87	66	Waxing gibbous
DEC	13	SAO 76215 ZC 556	5.4	DD	19h 18m	46	112	40	19h 28m	43	115	28	Waxing gibbous
DEC	14	36 Tauri ZC 598	5.5	DD	04h 17m	21	283	157	04h 00m	26	275	136	Waxing gibbous
DEC	16	SAO 77625 ZC885	5.6	RD	01h 09m	62	210	273	01h 00m	61	196	288	Waning gibbous
DEC	18	76 Geminorum ZC1169	5.3	RD	01h 34m	64	168	264	01h 30m	59	162	278	Waning gibbous
DEC	21	37 Leonis ZC1504	5.4	RD	04h 59m	51	196	4	Appulse	-	-	-	Waning gibbous
DEC	25	SAO 139175 ZC1886	5.6	RD	04h 51m	24	147	257	04h 53m	19	145	266	Waning Crescent

NOTES ABOUT THE TABLE

KEY:
M(v) = Visual Magnitude.
ZC - Zodiacal Catalogue number, originally much favoured by lunar occultation observers.
Type (R)eappearance, (D)isappearance or (G)raze at (D)ark or (B)right limb of the moon.
Alt. The altitude of the moon in the sky.
Az. the azimuth, or angular position of the moon along the horizon measured from the north point.
PA= Position Angle measured in an anticlockwise direction from the Celestial North Pole.

23 Oct. 54 Aurigae. A grazing occultation. The graze line passes midway between St David’s and Pembroke, then south of Worcester near great Malvern and Tewksbury to Northampton. After passing just north of Cambridge the line hits the North Sea midway between Norwich and Ipswich. No occultation takes place north of the line, but a full occultation will be witnessed to the south.
28 Oct. 53 Leonis. A grazing occultation. The line passes north of St. David�s, south of Gloucester and Oxford to north London, then out to sea along the Thames estuary. Again, there is no occultation to the north but a full one occurs to the south.
16 Nov. Tau Arietis. A grazing occultation. The graze line crosses southern Scotland from Ayr in the west to Coldingham, north of Berwick on Tweed, in the east. An occultation is visible to the north, but not to the south of this line.
17 Nov. Chi Tauri. A grazing occultation. The graze line crosses Scotland from Portree on Skye, across Loch Ness to the town of Catterline, south of Aberdeen. All places to the south see an occultation.
20 Nov. Omega 1 Cancri. A grazing occultation. The graze line passes through the middle of Anglesey and across the sea to the Ribble estuary and Preston in Lancashire. From there it proceeds across the Yorkshire Dales to Ripon before hitting the North Sea at Ravenscar on the North Yorkshire coast. Observers to the south will see an occultation.
21 Dec. 37 Leonis. A grazing occultation. The graze line crosses northern Scotland in a south easterly direction to Dundee. It then follows the east coast just out to sea to join continental Europe at Rotterdam. Apart from the far north of Scotland, most of us will witness an occultation.

If you require specific data for your locality, or details of occultations involving fainter stars, please get in touch with the Director of the Occultation Section giving your geographical location. Graphical representations of each occultation will be available at the Occultation Sections web-site before the event is due to take place. Please visit the UK's definitive site for lunar and asteroidal occultations: www.asterocc.org.uk

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