December 3, 1999 Occultation by Saturn

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48 Hours before and after the event

15-arcminute-square map showing the path of Saturn across a field of HST Guide Stars for 48 hours before and 48 hours after the occultation. The circles represent the actual size of Saturn, as viewed from the center of the earth at 6-hour intervals: 
       Saturn DE-130 Coordinates run 10/06/1999
 
U.T. Date   Time    RA (J2000)    Dec (J2000)     A.U.
1999 Dec  1  6:00   2:40:46.131   12:56:00.29   8.300301   
1999 Dec  1 12:00   2:40:42.141   12:55:44.51   8.302183   
1999 Dec  1 18:00   2:40:38.167   12:55:28.82   8.304081   
1999 Dec  2  0:00   2:40:34.208   12:55:13.22   8.305998   
1999 Dec  2  6:00   2:40:30.265   12:54:57.70   8.307931   
1999 Dec  2 12:00   2:40:26.338   12:54:42.27   8.309882   
1999 Dec  2 18:00   2:40:22.427   12:54:26.93   8.311851   
1999 Dec  3  0:00   2:40:18.532   12:54:11.67   8.313836   
1999 Dec  3  6:00   2:40:14.653   12:53:56.51   8.315839   
1999 Dec  3 12:00   2:40:10.791   12:53:41.44   8.317859   
1999 Dec  3 18:00   2:40:06.945   12:53:26.46   8.319896   
1999 Dec  4  0:00   2:40:03.116   12:53:11.57   8.321951   
1999 Dec  4  6:00   2:39:59.304   12:52:56.77   8.324022   
1999 Dec  4 12:00   2:39:55.508   12:52:42.07   8.326110   
1999 Dec  4 18:00   2:39:51.730   12:52:27.46   8.328215   
1999 Dec  5  0:00   2:39:47.969   12:52:12.94   8.330337   
1999 Dec  5  6:00   2:39:44.226   12:51:58.52   8.332476

Last update 2 December 1999 by Doug Mink

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