LOCAL COORDINATES OF SATURNE AND OF THE SUN TRUE APPARENT FRAME OF THE DATE COORDINATES OF THE OBSERVATORY : LONGITUDE = + 6H 56M 5S; LATITUDE = +30 40 17 ; ALTITUDE = 2080 METRES ( MC DONALD ) 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 7 56 26. 2 OCC 3 A 11 32 22.20 + 5 9 4.3 9.207301 -4.646 -83.96 20.05 126.2 -7.26 64.7 -113.50 -74.20 .218 93 3.1 2008 12 21 10 59 1. 5 OCC 3 P 11 32 32.95 + 5 8 33.2 9.172287 -1.467 -43.47 57.13 30.0 -1.19 24.1 -81.76 -35.69 .111 235 4.9 2008 12 25 9 51 12. 6 OCC 7 T 11 32 48.16 + 5 8 6.7 9.107775 -2.342 -59.44 48.26 41.4 -2.06 27.7 -89.73 -50.62 .004 652 17.5 2008 12 26 11 15 51. 1 OCC 3 P 11 32 51.14 + 5 8 6.6 9.090638 -.863 -28.08 61.71 25.0 -.68 22.8 -80.36 -32.61 .067 107 3.1 2008 12 28 8 34 2. 1 OCC 3 A 11 32 55.37 + 5 8 13.7 9.060300 -3.437 -72.97 35.33 .0 .00 .0 -103.26 -67.36 .139 153 3.1 2009 1 22 7 48 30. 2 ECL 3 P 11 31 35.70 + 5 23 59.8 8.697994 -2.532 -62.48 46.29 44.4 -2.28 28.5 -137.80 -75.61 .155 621 3.3 2009 2 2 5 26 19. 1 ECL 3 A 11 29 47.35 + 5 38 21.0 8.574597 -4.155 -80.27 26.58 92.4 -5.28 48.4 114.61 -62.65 .159 478 3.0 2009 2 6 11 28 51. 2 OCC 3 P 11 28 54.72 + 5 44 55.7 8.534140 2.179 57.61 50.47 38.3 1.87 26.2 -88.72 -29.40 .172 261 3.9 2009 3 23 4 22 35. 1 ECL 2 P 11 16 40.76 + 7 7 41.4 8.426444 -1.783 -52.29 55.63 31.8 -1.46 23.1 122.29 -40.46 .243 121 3.0 2009 4 17 7 5 38. 2 ECL 3 P 11 10 42.06 + 7 43 32.6 8.625229 2.683 67.13 45.97 44.9 2.41 26.9 -176.28 -48.71 .140 558 3.8 2009 5 31 3 51 23. 3 ECL 2 11 8 22.85 + 7 50 33.3 9.263246 2.367 62.94 49.74 39.3 2.04 24.9 134.55 -21.58 .014 51 3.8 2009 7 18 3 6 42. 5 ECL 3 P 11 18 58.10 + 6 35 58.110.010370 4.597 84.89 21.42 117.6 6.81 59.5 124.74 -13.40 1.093 344 4.8 2010 5 12 4 21 0. 3 OCC 2 P 11 57 5.17 + 3 2 .4 8.875308 .786 24.25 60.20 26.6 .63 24.9 138.09 -29.14 .213 391 3.8 2010 5 27 7 9 1. 3 OCC 2 T 11 55 58.37 + 3 5 55.2 9.093770 4.597 81.68 19.61 129.2 7.35 67.6 -175.33 -37.90 .218 262 3.9 14 PHENOMENA ARE OBSERVABLE AT MC DONALD (SUN ELEVATION< -5.0DEG.;PLANETE ELEVATION> 15.0DEG. )