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Magnitudes of selected stellar occultation candidates for Pluto and other planets, with new predictions for Mars and Jupiter
Occultation predictions for the planets Mars and Jupiter are presentedalong with BVRI magnitudes of 45 occultation candidates for Mars,Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Pluto. Observers can use these magnitudesto plan observations of occultation events. The optical depth of theJovian ring can be probed by a nearly central occultation on 1992 July8. Mars occults an unusually red star in early 1993, and theoccultations for Pluto involving the brightest candidates would possiblyoccur in the spring of 1992 and the fall of 1993.
| Meridian observations made with the Carlsberg Automatic Meridian Circle at Brorfelde (Copenhagen University Observatory) 1981-1982
The 7-inch transit circle instrument with which the present position andmagnitude catalog for 1577 stars with visual magnitudes greater than11.0 was obtained had been equipped with a photoelectric moving slitmicrometer and a minicomputer to control the entire observationalprocess. Positions are reduced relative to the FK4 system for each nightover the whole meridian rather than the usual narrow zones. Thepositions of the FK4 stars used in the least squares solution are alsogiven in the catalog.
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| Constellation: | Gémeaux |
| Right ascension: | 06h50m02.47s |
| Declination: | +27°00'12.7" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 8.269 |
| Distance: | 214.592 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | -6.5 |
| Proper motion Dec: | -3.6 |
| B-T magnitude: | 8.473 |
| V-T magnitude: | 8.286 |
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