LOCAL COORDINATES OF SATURNE AND OF THE SUN TRUE APPARENT FRAME OF THE DATE COORDINATES OF THE OBSERVATORY : LONGITUDE = - 1H 13M 54S; LATITUDE = -33 56 2 ; ALTITUDE = 10 METRES ( CAPE TOWN ) 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 20.86 + 5 9 9.6 9.211223 -2.222-134.55 39.80 72.1 -2.87 -58.0 -48.55 -14.04 .439 935 5.9 2008 12 24 2 2 2. 3 OCC 2 P 11 32 43.77 + 5 8 12.0 9.129327 -2.081-136.80 41.05 69.0 -2.63 -56.7 -46.20 -16.06 .064 75 3.5 2009 1 1 3 10 41. 1 OCC 3 P 11 32 59.34 + 5 8 57.1 9.000452 -.412-170.28 50.48 49.6 -.47 -49.1 -57.19 -5.82 .074 121 3.1 2009 1 26 1 46 39. 1 OCC 3 A 11 31 3.01 + 5 28 30.0 8.652560 -.142-176.66 50.54 49.5 -.16 -49.5 -43.89 -23.87 .139 246 3.0 2009 1 27 23 6 28. 1 OCC 3 P 11 30 44.71 + 5 30 56.8 8.630826 -2.682-128.09 35.22 .0 .00 .0 -2.25 -37.81 .016 104 3.0 2009 5 11 17 45 49. 7 ECL 6 11 7 55.29 + 7 57 7.1 8.951945 -.827-162.00 46.49 57.1 -.99 -55.1 96.99 -22.85 .019 2935 19.9 2009 6 24 18 15 42. 3 ECL 2 P 11 12 18.02 + 7 21 30.9 9.667354 2.491 132.23 35.63 .0 .00 .0 99.29 -30.27 .617 96 3.3 2009 7 7 19 7 51. 3 ECL 4 P 11 15 42.73 + 6 57 58.2 9.866629 4.157 112.11 18.30 180.3 9.37-114.1 92.08 -40.12 .831 246 5.1 2009 7 10 17 54 53. 2 OCC 3 A 11 16 35.72 + 6 51 58.5 9.909107 3.123 123.44 29.79 .0 .00 .0 100.90 -24.85 .218 612 3.6 2009 7 15 16 56 38. 1 ECL 5 11 18 9.88 + 6 41 23.1 9.977972 2.451 132.29 36.52 .0 .00 .0 107.46 -12.66 .082 221 3.8 10 PHENOMENA ARE OBSERVABLE AT CAPE TOWN (SUN ELEVATION< -5.0DEG.;PLANETE ELEVATION> 15.0DEG. )