LOCAL COORDINATES OF SATURNE AND OF THE SUN TRUE APPARENT FRAME OF THE DATE COORDINATES OF THE OBSERVATORY : LONGITUDE = - 0H 53M 40S; LATITUDE = +52 30 0 ; ALTITUDE = 100 METRES ( BERLIN ) Date of Maximum(TT) Right Asc. Declination Distance Hour Azimut Elev. Cor for refraction Azimut Elev. Magnitude Distance to Event : of the planet to the Earth ang. of the planet Elev. R. Asc. Decl. of the Sun drop Duration the center of Saturn YR MT DAY H M S H M S deg ' " AU H deg deg " S " deg deg in sec. in planetary radii 2008 12 19 2 12 49. 4 OCC 5 P 11 32 20.85 + 5 9 8.3 9.211227 -2.561 -47.63 33.12 .0 .00 .0 -110.42 -43.93 .439 935 5.9 2008 12 24 2 2 2. 3 OCC 2 P 11 32 43.76 + 5 8 10.7 9.129332 -2.419 -45.34 34.04 .0 .00 .0 -113.81 -45.80 .064 75 3.5 2008 12 30 5 52 19. 1 OCC 3 A 11 32 58.05 + 5 8 29.9 9.030223 1.820 35.20 37.58 77.2 1.82 72.2 -67.37 -11.91 .139 158 3.1 2009 1 1 3 10 41. 1 OCC 3 P 11 32 59.34 + 5 8 55.8 9.000457 -.750 -15.09 41.75 66.6 -.71 65.7 -98.89 -36.04 .074 121 3.1 2009 1 8 4 8 42. 3 OCC 2 T 11 32 51.24 + 5 11 53.4 8.892808 .682 13.75 41.95 66.1 .64 65.4 -88.26 -27.14 .218 103 3.4 2009 1 24 4 26 23. 1 OCC 3 P 11 31 20.07 + 5 26 9.3 8.675094 2.054 39.41 36.56 .0 .00 .0 -88.04 -22.96 .088 201 3.0 2009 1 26 1 46 39. 1 OCC 3 A 11 31 3.01 + 5 28 28.7 8.652564 -.479 -9.74 42.60 64.6 -.45 64.3 -125.43 -45.67 .139 246 3.0 2009 1 27 23 6 28. 1 OCC 3 P 11 30 44.70 + 5 30 55.4 8.630829 -3.020 -54.91 30.17 .0 .00 .0 174.63 -55.64 .016 104 3.0 2009 2 2 5 26 19. 1 ECL 3 A 11 29 47.26 + 5 38 20.7 8.574598 3.672 64.35 25.13 126.3 4.66 105.3 -78.40 -12.29 .159 478 3.0 9 PHENOMENA ARE OBSERVABLE AT BERLIN (SUN ELEVATION< -5.0DEG.;PLANETE ELEVATION> 15.0DEG. )