Appulses and Occultations of SAO Stars by Mercury: 1987-1995
- Douglas J. Mink
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- 60 Garden St., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
Abstract
Predictions are presented for
78 close approaches by Mercury
to stars in the
SAO catalog between 1 January 1987 and 31 December 1995. No easily
observable occultations were found, but 7 occultations of stars with visual
magnitudes of 7 or fainter were found. These events are presented for the
use of observers searching for material in the vicinity of Mercury and for
those who need close bright stars for the improvement of ground-based images
of Mercury.