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Occultation of USNO-B1 0742-0417905 (15m2) star by 50000 Quaoar on 2012 Feb 17

Information about the star to be occulted with coordinates:

RA 17h 34m 21.8

DEC -15d 42' 10.5''

spec.

value

Descr.

Vmag



Bmag

16.7

400nm-500nm

Rmag

15.2

600nm-750nm

Imag


750nm-1000nm

Jmag

12.5

1µm-1.5µm

Hmag

11.8

1.5µm-2µm

Kmag

11.6

2µm-3µm



Catalog used for J, H and Kmag is the 2MASS catalogue, for Rmag and Bmag from the DENIS database (DENIS Consortium, 2005)


Please notice, that these values are only for general information, take your own images beforehand the occultation! The star should be easy to get, if you have an instrument larger than 8 inch diameter and an appropriate camera.