The Occultation of a W=14.2 Star for 1.6s by Trojan Asteroid (4827) Dares

Sat eve March 7, 2026 at 6:52:20pm

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This is a high-value event, being a Trojan asteroid (in the same orbit as Jupiter). The target is faint, but the duration is long at 1.6s and the path appears to have a high rank. The R magnitude is 13.2. The altitude is 50 degrees in Aries in the west. Finding the target should be helped in the deep twilight by the fact it's close to a 7th magnitude star. Close, but not too close to be a problem. Maybe 1 arcmin away. The other challenge is that it happens with the sun at -10 degrees. That's dark enough to still get the event, but will require finding the target in twilight.

Alt=50, Az=251 in Aries, 10 degrees straight below the Plieades

I'll suggest using Aldebaren as your second align star.