[en] On May 4 2013, Pluto passed in front of a 14 star and the shadow was well observed from multiple occultation groups. This paper presents results from the three light curves observed at Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network (LCOGT) from their Cerro Tololo site. The three LCOGT telescopes have 1.0 m apertures and used identical frame-transfer cameras. The cameras currently have a 2 second readout time therefore autonomous observations were scheduled with different exposure times to give good time resolution of the event. We will present results of this occultation and compare occultation results from 1988 to 2013 with volatile transport models.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Olkin, Catherine B.; SWRI
Young, L. A.; SWRI
Borncamp, D.; SWRI
Pickles, A.; Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
Sicardy, B.; Observatoire de Paris, France
Assafin, M.; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Observatorio do Valongo, Brazil
Bianco, F. B.; Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, New York University
Buie, M.; SWRI
Colas, F.; Observatoire de Paris, France
Dias de Oliveira, A.; Observatoire de Paris, France ; Observatório Nacional / MCTI, Brazil
Gillon, Michaël ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Origines Cosmologiques et Astrophysiques (OrCa)
French, R. G.; Wellesley College
Gomes, A. R.; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Observatorio do Valongo, Brazil
