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2013 Saturn Opposition Coordinated Auroral
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Request |
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Start Time (UTC) |
Stop Time (UTC) |
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5-Apr |
HST |
1 orbit |
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18-Apr |
IRTF |
1/2 night |
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18-Apr |
Keck |
1/2 night |
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19-Apr |
HST |
I orbit |
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19-Apr |
IRTF |
1/2 night |
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19-Apr |
Keck |
1/2 night |
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19-Apr |
UVIS_187SA_AURSTARE004_PRIME |
000T13:00:00 |
2013-109T03:32:00 |
2013-109T16:32:00 |
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20-Apr |
HST |
1 orbit |
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20-Apr |
IRTF |
1/2 night |
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20-Apr |
Keck |
1/2 night |
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20-Apr |
UVIS_187SA_AURSTARE001_PIE |
000T07:30:00 |
2013-110T11:32:00 |
2013-110T19:02:00 |
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21-Apr |
HST |
2 orbits |
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21-Apr |
IRTF |
1/2 night |
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21-Apr |
UVIS_187SA_AURSTARE002_PIE |
000T11:37:00 |
2013-111T04:02:00 |
2013-111T15:39:00 |
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22-Apr |
HST |
1 orbit |
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22-Apr |
IRTF |
1/2 night |
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22-Apr |
Keck |
1/2 night |
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22-Apr |
UVIS_187SA_AURSLEW003_PRIME |
000T07:51:00 |
2013-112T02:15:00 |
2013-112T10:06:00 |
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23-Apr |
HST |
1 orbit |
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23-Apr |
UVIS_187SA_AURSTARE005_PRIME |
000T02:18:00 |
2013-113T12:12:00 |
2013-113T14:30:00 |
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28-Apr |
SATURN OPPOSITION |
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29-Apr |
UVIS_188SA_AURSLEW001_PRIME |
000T06:20:00 |
2013-119T18:02:00 |
2013-120T00:22:00 |
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29-Apr |
VIMS_188SA_AURSTARE001_PRIME |
000T06:20:00 |
2013-119T11:42:00 |
2013-119T18:02:00 |
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7-May |
IRTF |
1/2 night |
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7-May |
UVIS_189SA_AURSTARE001_PRIME |
000T09:59:00 |
2013-127T21:17:00 |
2013-128T07:16:00 |
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16-May |
IRTF |
1/2 night |
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17-May |
IRTF |
1/2 night |
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17-May |
UVIS_190SA_AURSTARE006_PRIME |
000T09:45:00 |
2013-137T11:46:00 |
2013-137T21:31:00 |
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17-May |
VLT |
1/2 night |
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18-May |
HST |
1 orbit |
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18-May |
IRTF |
1/2 night |
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18-May |
UVIS_190SA_AURSTARE003_PRIME |
000T19:45:00 |
2013-138T09:31:00 |
2013-139T05:16:00 |
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18-May |
VLT |
1/2 night |
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19-May |
HST |
2 orbits |
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19-May |
IRTF |
1/2 night |
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19-May |
UVIS_190SA_AURSTARE001_PIE |
000T16:19:00 |
2013-139T15:46:00 |
2013-140T08:05:00 |
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19-May |
VLT |
1/2 night |
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20-May |
HST |
3 orbits |
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20-May |
IRTF |
1/2 night |
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20-May |
UVIS_190SA_AURSLEW004_PRIME |
000T07:40:00 |
2013-140T19:00:00 |
2013-141T02:40:00 |
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21-May |
HST |
1 orbit |
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21-May |
IRTF |
full night |
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21-May |
UVIS_190SA_AURSLEW005_PIE |
000T23:10:00 |
2013-141T15:46:00 |
2013-142T14:56:00 |
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22-May |
HST |
1 orbit |
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In all Cassini cases, UVIS and VIMS are both observing with one designated as
prime (see name of Request) |
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All times are SCET(UT) |
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The one way light time is 73-75 minutes |
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Summary of Earth-based Saturn Aurora Observations
(2013 opposition) |
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Hubble Space Telescope, GO program 13051 |
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15 orbits with ACS/SBC |
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PI Jonathan Nichols (University of Leicester) |
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To search for HST data go to the archive web site (http://archive.stsci.edu). In the
beige search box click on "more options." |
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Then fill in Target Name = Saturn, Resolver = Don't
Resolve, select the HST: ACS instrument and then click Search. |
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This should result in a list of relevant data. Note: The data may still be proprietary |
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If you click on the Proposal ID that will then take
you to a page that lists all of the data associated with
that Program ID |
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Keck 2 |
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4, ½ nights with NIRC2-NGS/NIRSPEC |
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PI Kevin Baines (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) |
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The Keck data are proprietary for 18 months, unless
otherwise specified. To find them in the Keck Observatory
Archive, |
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go the following web page:
https://koa.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/KOA/nph-KOAlogin |
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Click on the "More Search Options" tab.
Then select the relevant instrument(s) and scroll down to the bottom to
search by PI (Baines). |
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Very Large Telescope (VLT) |
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3, ½ nights with ? |
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PI ? |
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VTL data is archived at
http://www.eso.org/public/science/archive.html |
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InfraRed Telescope Facility (IRTF) |
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11, ½ nights and 1 full night with SpeX/CSHELL |
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PI Tom Stallard (University of Leicester) |
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