2017 June 03 Occultation by 2014 MU69

Star:
equinox: 2000.0, epoch: 2017.419
RA, Dec: 19:03:34.49233 -20:34:39.3454
g': 15.330

Star positions and magnitude from Gaia

Argentina    2017-06-03 02:53:15 to 03:38:15 UT
South Africa 2017-06-03 02:47:14 to 03:32:14 UT
Deployment Plan: Argentina, South Africa

Weather: Mendoza (Accuweather, Weather Underground); Sutherland (Accuweather, Weather Underground)

Click to invert. This is taken with the 16" Dob and the QHY174 camera on 2017-03-19 12:21 UT. At the time the target elevation was ~20 degrees. Gain=48, offset=0, and exposure time was 0.5 sec.

target starfield

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June 3 prediction

Google Maps Plot of Prediction:

                              Shadow Center Line

                                                        Sun       Star     Moon
       U.T. Day/Time              Lat        Lon        Alt       Alt      Alt
                                 (Deg)      (Deg)      (Deg)     (Deg)    (Deg)

  Jun  3,2017    3: 7: 0.0      -14.36      -71.63      19.8R    10.5S   -76.1R
  Jun  3,2017    3: 7:30.0      -20.51      -55.65       3.5R    26.7S   -69.8S
  Jun  3,2017    3: 8: 0.0      -24.16      -45.56      -6.4R    36.4S   -61.7S
  Jun  3,2017    3: 8:30.0      -26.96      -37.11     -14.4R    44.2S   -54.5S
  Jun  3,2017    3: 9: 0.0      -29.27      -29.46     -21.4R    50.9S   -47.9S
  Jun  3,2017    3: 9:30.0      -31.20      -22.24     -27.8R    56.7S   -41.8S
  Jun  3,2017    3:10: 0.0      -32.84      -15.28     -33.8R    61.9S   -36.1S
  Jun  3,2017    3:10:30.0      -34.21       -8.45     -39.4R    66.5S   -30.5S
  Jun  3,2017    3:11: 0.0      -35.34       -1.69     -44.9R    70.2S   -25.0S
  Jun  3,2017    3:11:30.0      -36.24        5.08     -50.2R    72.7S   -19.6S
  Jun  3,2017    3:12: 0.0      -36.91       11.88     -55.3R    73.6S   -14.3S
  Jun  3,2017    3:12:30.0      -37.35       18.77     -60.3R    72.6R    -8.9S
  Jun  3,2017    3:13: 0.0      -37.56       25.77     -65.1R    70.1R    -3.4S
  Jun  3,2017    3:13:30.0      -37.51       32.92     -69.5R    66.4R     2.3S
  Jun  3,2017    3:14: 0.0      -37.20       40.27     -73.3R    61.9R     8.1S
  Jun  3,2017    3:14:30.0      -36.58       47.89     -75.7R    56.6R    14.3S
  Jun  3,2017    3:15: 0.0      -35.61       55.88     -75.5S    50.8R    20.8S
  Jun  3,2017    3:15:30.0      -34.22       64.42     -72.2S    44.1R    27.9S
  Jun  3,2017    3:16: 0.0      -32.26       73.85     -66.2S    36.3R    35.9S
  Jun  3,2017    3:16:30.0      -29.36       85.05     -57.4S    26.6R    45.5S
  Jun  3,2017    3:17: 0.0      -23.74      102.54     -41.6S    10.1R    60.2S

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