Occultation Maps for North America
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Grazing Occultation of Bright Stars in M54
STAR 9 Tau ZC 521 Electra ZC 537 Merope ZC 545 24 Tau ZC 549
Mag 6.7m 3.7m 4.1m 6.3m
DATE 6Feb06 UT
Moon 61% Illuminated
Mag -10.5m
STAR ZC 551 Alcyone ZC 552 Atlas ZC 560 Pleione ZC 561
Mag 7.4m 2.9m 3.6m 5.0m
0.125 degree spacing between data points.
Based on data updated provided by Dave Dunham on 24Jan06.
Map Position
Use the four directional arrows to pan the map about a half field of view in any direction.
Clicking the center Pan button (with the four arrows pointing to the center) resenters the map over the default map center (which is not usually over the asteroid's path) without changing the map scale.
Double-click on anywhere on the map to quickly move that location to the center of the map.
Click on a location and drag it to make fine corrections in map positioning.
The latitude and longitude of the center of the map is listed beneath it (except after creating offset lines when their distance from the centerline is displayed until the map is moved again).
Map Scale
Use the + and buttons or the slider control to zoom in or out on the map.
Map Content
The MAP button shows a road map (default) in the map window.
The SATELLITE button loads an aerial or satellite image of selected area.
The HYBRID button displays an aerial or satellite image with major roads drawn on top of it.
Path data provided by Dave Dunham from Occult.
Go to the index of current North American occultation maps .
Go to the index of Pleiades occultations during 2006.
This is a beta test (does not work on all browsers) using GOOGLE Maps.
Based on work done by Kiwi Geoff , Christchurch, New Zealand, and created utilizing his SHADOW program and JavaScript functions he developed.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License .