On November 12, Wed. evening, Jupiter will occult 6.1-mag. Zodiacal Catalog (Z.C.) 3086 = SAO 164156 = PPM 238409 near theta Capricorni. Predictions for many cities and IOTA stations across North America are given in the two tables below. Observation around 8900 Angstroms in a methane absorption band will leave the star about 3 times as bright as the adjacent part of Jupiter and allow recording of spikes and other details of the Jovian atmospheric extinction; in the visual, the bright planet will probably overwhelm the star, rendering the Jovian extinction unobservable.
Diagrams of the occultation for a few observatories are on Doug Mink's planetary occultation Web site. The predictions below have been taken from that site and are given here so that you don't need to go to the Web site to obtain data for your location, or for one nearby. In the tables below, immersion is disappearance, emersion is reappearance, UT's are in hours, minutes, & seconds, and altitudes are in degrees. Send observation reports to Doug Mink at mink@cfa.harvard.edu and he will post them on his Web site.
David Dunham, 1997 November 11, 2 am EST
Observability of November 13, 1997 Jupiter Occultation of Z.C. 3086 for several large cities in approximately west to east order Predictions by Doug Mink (CfA) 15 Oct 1997 14:18
City UT Jup Sun UT Jup Sun
Immersion Alt Alt Emersion Alt Alt
Honolulu 1:50:54 39 25 3:19:13 51 6
Hilo HI 1:51:17 42 23 3:19:10 53 4
San Franc 1:54:06 36 -11 3:22:48 32 -27
Medford O 1:53:47 32 -11 3:23:09 28 -27
Olympia W 1:53:33 27 -12 3:23:28 23 -27
Portland 1:53:38 28 -12 3:23:23 24 -27
Fresno CA 1:54:30 37 -13 3:22:46 32 -29
Yakima WA 1:53:49 27 -14 3:23:30 23 -28
Reno NV 1:54:18 34 -13 3:23:01 29 -29
Los Angel 1:54:52 40 -13 3:22:33 33 -30
Walla Wal 1:54:04 27 -15 3:23:31 22 -30
San Diego 1:55:08 41 -14 3:22:26 34 -31
Boise ID 1:54:27 30 -16 3:23:23 24 -31
Las.Vegas 1:55:07 37 -16 3:22:49 30 -33
Twin Fall 1:54:43 31 -17 3:23:21 24 -32
Pocatello 1:54:56 30 -19 3:23:24 23 -34
Phoenix A 1:55:44 39 -18 3:22:37 31 -35
Salt Lake 1:55:09 32 -19 3:23:15 24 -34
Flagstaff 1:55:39 37 -19 3:22:47 29 -35
La Paz,MX 1:56:53 48 -18 3:21:33 37 -37
Tucson AZ 1:56:01 40 -19 3:22:30 31 -36
Albuquerq 1:56:18 36 -23 3:22:50 26 -39
Las Cruce 1:56:33 39 -22 3:22:33 29 -39
El PasoTX 1:56:39 39 -23 3:22:30 29 -40
Cheyenne 1:55:57 30 -24 3:23:22 21 -39
Denver CO 1:56:04 31 -24 3:23:15 22 -39
Pueblo CO 1:56:15 33 -24 3:23:08 23 -40
Amarillo 1:56:54 34 -26 3:22:52 23 -43
Pierre.SD 1:56:10 25 -27 3:23:36 16 -41
LubbockTX 1:57:04 36 -26 3:22:42 25 -43
NorthPlat 1:56:26 29 -27 3:23:22 18 -42
Acapulco 1:59:18 49 -27 3:20:33 34 -45
Monterrey 1:58:10 42 -27 3:21:48 29 -45
Fargo ND 1:56:17 22 -29 3:23:45 12 -42
MexicoCit 1:59:06 46 -28 3:20:56 32 -46
San Anton 1:57:59 38 -29 3:22:15 25 -46
WichitaKS 1:57:12 30 -30 3:23:05 19 -45
Oklahoma 1:57:25 32 -30 3:22:53 20 -46
Austin TX 1:57:59 37 -30 3:22:21 24 -47
Omaha NE 1:56:58 27 -30 3:23:23 15 -45
Brownsvil 1:58:32 40 -30 3:21:49 27 -48
Corpus Ch 1:58:20 39 -30 3:22:03 25 -47
Fort Wort 1:57:45 35 -30 3:22:37 22 -47
Dallas TX 1:57:49 34 -30 3:22:37 22 -47
Topeka KS 1:57:15 28 -31 3:23:12 17 -46
Duluth MN 1:56:46 20 -32 3:23:44 10 -45
Minneapli 1:56:51 22 -32 3:23:38 11 -45
Tulsa OK 1:57:33 31 -31 3:22:57 19 -47
Des Moine 1:57:12 25 -32 3:23:24 14 -47
KansasCit 1:57:22 28 -32 3:23:12 16 -47
HoustonTX 1:58:22 36 -32 3:22:16 23 -49
SaintLous 1:57:56 26 -35 3:23:07 14 -50
Guatemala 2:01:01 44 -35 3:20:04 28 -54
ChicagoIL 1:57:49 22 -36 3:23:22 10 -50
New Orlea 1:59:02 33 -36 3:22:14 19 -53
Merida MX 2:00:17 39 -37 3:21:03 23 -55
San Jose, 2:02:39 41 -41 3:19:05 24 -59
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