J/AJ/104/862 J/AJ/104/862 Stellar occultation candidates S W McDonald J L Elliot Astron. J. 104 862 1992 1992AJ....104..862M Occultations Positional data A search for Triton stellar occultation candidates for the period 1992-1994 has been completed with CCD strip-scanning observations. The search reached an R magnitude of about 17.4 and found 129 candidates within 1.5arcsec of Triton's ephemeris during this period. Of these events, we expect around 30 occultations to be visible from the Earth, indicating that a number of Triton occultation events should be visible from major observatories. Even the faintest of our candidate events could produce useful occultation data if observed with a large enough telescope. Our astrometric accuracy is inadequate to identify which of these appulse events will produce occultations on the Earth; further astrometry is needed to refine the predictions for positive occultation identification. To aid in selecting candidates for additional astrometric and photometric studies, we include finder charts and Earth-based visibility charts for each event.

ID Star name --- AppDate Date of the closest approach "DD/MM/YY" Apph UT time of the closest approach h Appm UT time of the closest approach min SepMin Minimum separation of the closest approach arcsec PA Position angle of Triton relative to the star at the time of the closest approach deg Rmag CCD magnitude mag Vel Shadow velocity km/s Dist Angular distance between Triton and the Sun deg RAh Right ascension (J2000) of the star h RAm Right ascension (J2000) of the star min RAs Right ascension (J2000) of the star s DE- Declination sign --- DEd Declination (J2000) of the star number=1 The declination is also the sub-Earth latitude of the star. deg DEm Declination (J2000) of the star number=1 The declination is also the sub-Earth latitude of the star. arcmin DEs Declination (J2000) of the star number=1 The declination is also the sub-Earth latitude of the star. arcsec GLON Sub-Earth longitude of the star deg Strip Strip numbers on which an image of the candidate star was measured --- James Marcout, Patricia Bauer CDS 1995May10 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN Keypunched at CDS J_AJ_104_862.xml