2018 October 25
Rare asteroid occultation visible Monday, Oct 29
The 125-km wide main belt asteroid (156) Xanthippe will occult a 12th magnitude star in Aquila as seen from parts of southern UK and northern Europe on the evening of Monday, October 29th at 19:19:13s UT (prediction for Reading, Berkshire).
Observers should aim to record/monitor the star from 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after the expected mid-time i.e. 19:17-19:21 UT.
Maximum duration of the occultation is expected to be about 7 seconds.
Finder charts are available via the above link.
The star is UCAC4-409-131091 (R=11.9, V=12.5)
RA(2000): 20 28 11.61 Dec(2000) -08 13 04.5
RA(2000): 20 28 11.61 Dec(2000) -08 13 04.5
(aka GSC 5754 0239)
More details and map of shadow track on the ARPS frontpage:
https://britastro.org/node/16174#overlay-context=node/16174
Fingers crossed re. the weather,
Richard Miles
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