Favourable & Desirable events 2025
UK, Ireland and some other areas
- where predicted shadows pass over the UK -

Asteroid diameters >20 km, Star brighter than m12 (but not exclusively) Maximum duration >1 sec.
Page updated 2025 July 20

These predicted paths are subject to orbital uncertainty. Please search for updates nearer the time using Occult Watcher Cloud : https://cloud.occultwatcher.net/.....See the IOTA-ES Call for Observations: https://call4obs.iota-es.de/

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Special Events: (decimal date indicates whether before or after midnight UT )

Aug 30.1 (761) Brendelia =Gaia binary
Sep 09.1 (616) Elly = Gaia binary
Sep 20.1 (519) Sylvania =Gaia binary. The occulted star is believed to be IRAS 18293-0702 Variable in Scutum (Biblio bySimbad).
Sep 25.9 (712) Bolivia = Gaia binary
Oct. 02.2 (45) Eugenia = Binary with Petit-Prince
Oct 14.1 (Jup III) Ganymede occults HIP37442, European (Fr) project (small magnitude drop).
Oct 23.1 (145474) 2005 SA278 = Centaur
Oct 26.2 (243) Ida......... = Binary with Dactyl
Nov 02.2 (930) Westphalia = Gaia binary
Nov 19.1 (1481)Turbingia = Gaia binary
Nov 23.2 (3345) Tarkovskij = Double star not in WDS
Dec 25.1 (676) Melitta = Double star not in WDS