Analysis of Observational Parameters in the Timing Accuracy of Lunar Occultations

JOURNAL OF OCCULTATION AND ECLIPSE (JOE); ISSN 2522-7955; No. 7, 2020

Poro A.¹, Nasrollahzadeh F.¹, Mazoochi F.³, Rajaei E.⁹, Salmani O.⁵, Dashti Y.², Hosseinvand A.⁵, Khodadadifard A.⁵, Mohandes A.³, Jamali F.⁴, Khodabakhshi J.³, HedayatJoo M.², Sabouri K.⁴, Arvaneh F.Z.⁴, MohammadiZadeh F.², Nastaran M.⁹, Amiri V.⁹, Tavangar Z.⁶, Haselpour A.⁷, Dehghani Ghanateghestani A.⁸, Kabiri A.⁷, Zarei Z.⁸, Tavangar A.⁶, Neychin Z.⁶, Dehghani R.¹⁰, Malekhoseini M.^7
1The International Occultation Timing Association Middle East Section
²Bushehr Astronomy Society, Team 2, Bushehr, Iran
³Sepehr Astronomical Association, Kashan, Iran
⁴Aseman Tangestan Astronomical Society, Tangestan, Iran
⁵SabalanSky Astronomy Association, Team 2, Ardabil, Iran
⁶Aseman-e Pars Institute, Shiraz, Iran
⁷Pasargad Astronomical Society, SaadatShahr, Iran
⁸Apolo Astronomical Team of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
⁹Bushehr Astronomy Society, Team 1, Bushehr, Iran
¹⁰Abu Rayhan Astronomical Group, Mobarakeh, Iran

Abstract
In this observation project named APTO, teams participating, observed the lunar occultations. A total of 9 stars were observed and 20 were reported. The Occult 4 software was used to predict these observations. And we designed SkyTiming 2 application for this project for android smartphones based on GPS. Also, ten of the observational parameters in the project report series were examined. This indicates that, in most cases, the expected results are obtained.

Keyword: Observation, Timing, Occultation, Moon