Occultation by 2003VS2 of 16mag star on 4th of March 2014

Possible Area of visibility is Europe.

The Plutino 2003 VS2 will occult the 16.4 mag star at 4h 32m 4.5s RA and +33d 24' 42'' DEC. The event will occur 19h 54min UTC on the 4th of March.

The occultation is very favorable for Europe, as you can see from the following graph taken from Felipe Braga-Ribas website:

The graph is based on observations made at Pic di Midi and offset corrections from different observations. of the occultations are taken from Felipe Braga-Ribas website.

All positions are J2000

For more infos and/or updates look at Felipe Braga-Ribas website:

http://devel2.linea.gov.br/~braga.ribas/campaigns/2014-03-04_2003VS2.html

Here you get finder charts for the event.

They are based on the UCAC3 and the DSS2R catalog. Generated by XEPHEM software.

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