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Table 7:

Astrometry of candidate stars observed at the 0.6 m B&C LNA telescope for 2005-2008 Pluto stellar occultations.

Event
(RA, Dec) ICRS (J2000) Magnitude Error No. Mean error UCAC2
  Epoch (RA, Dec) (R) $E_{\alpha}$ $E_{\delta}$ Obs. $\sigma_{\alpha}$ $\sigma_{\delta}$ stars
  years h  m    s        $^{\circ}$     $\hbox {$^\prime $ }$      $\hbox{$^{\prime\prime}$ }$   mas mas   mas mas No.
2005 July 11 2005.2560 17 28 55.0167 -15 00 54.726 14.9 11 15 25 50 52 66
2006 April 10 2006.1620 17 46 06.8788 -15 46 10.113 16.0 33 32 255 56 55 107
2006 June 12 2006.4449 17 41 12.0769 -15 41 34.488 15.0 11 15 13 61 59 186
2007 March 18 2007.2165 17 55 05.6948 -16 28 34.369 15.1 08 11 12 59 62 162
2007 May 12 2007.3641 17 53 32.1024 -16 22 47.359 16.5 56 30 8 57 58 176
2007 June 09 2007.4598 17 50 50.6520 -16 22 29.309 17.0 16 03 4 56 60 94
2007 June 14 2007.4588 17 50 20.7402 -16 22 42.207 15.6 48 54 190 58 55 108
2007 July 31 2007.4634 17 45 41.9894 -16 29 31.639 14.0 15 24 68 60 56 72
2008 June 22 2008.4044 17 58 33.0147 -17 02 38.340 13.5 11 09 50 50 48 76
2008 June 24 2008.4044 17 58 22.3941 -17 02 49.346 15.9 13 17 50 50 48 76
2008 August 25 2008.6494 17 53 27.1040 -17 15 27.541 15.6 06 04 30 56 56 26

Notes. Used positions are always within a month of event epoch. Error estimates come from the dispersion (standard deviation) of values from the observations. Mean error of (RA, Dec) solutions and average number of UCAC2 reference stars are given. The UCAC2-based candidate star positions were zero-point-corrected toward ICRS using averaged UCAC2 minus ICRF position offsets ( $\Delta\alpha$cos$\delta $ = -12 $\pm$ 8 mas; $\Delta\delta$ = -5 $\pm$ 7 mas) of five ICRF quasars nearby Pluto present coordinates (see Assafin et al. 2005). For the 2006 June 12 event, useful CCD observations were only acquired in April 2007, but the final position is at the event epoch, as proper motions ( $\mu_{\alpha}$ = -10.6 mas yr-1, $\mu_{\delta}$ = -12.9 mas yr-1) were applied for this UCAC2 star. The 2008 August 25 event star was observed with the 1.6 m P&E LNA telescope (FOV of 5 $\hbox {$^\prime $ }$ sizes and pixel scale of 0 $\hbox{$.\!\!^{\prime\prime}$ }$17). Actually, 2005 July 11 refers to a stellar occultation by Charon.


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