[en] In 2013 coordinated observations of Saturn by the Cassini spacecraft and Hubble Space Telescope (HST) were obtained. During these observations the Cassini spacecraft provided a high-latitude view of Saturn's auroras. Intense auroras were observed by the Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (UVIS) from close range (about 5 Saturn radii away). A 6-frame UVIS movie has been constructed from some of the observations from May 20- 21, 2013 showing the evolution of two bright auroral features. We report on the UVIS images, the corresponding spectra, and compare the UVIS data to HST images and data from other Cassini instruments.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Pryor, Wayne; Central Arizona College > Science
Jouchoux, Alain; University of Colorado at Boulder - CU > LASP
Esposito, Larry; University of Colorado at Boulder - CU > LASP
Crary, Franck; University of Colorado at Boulder - CU > LASP
Radioti, Aikaterini ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Labo de physique atmosphérique et planétaire (LPAP)
Grodent, Denis ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Physique des atmosphères et des environnements planétaires
Gustin, Jacques ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Physique des atmosphères et des environnements planétaires
Gérard, Jean-Claude ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO)
Kurth, William; University of Iowa
Mitchell, Donald; Johns Hopkins University > APL
Nichols, Jonathan; University of Leicester > SRC
Badman, Sarah; University of Leicester > SRC
Language :
English
Title :
Cassini UVIS Saturn Auroral Images from the 2013 HST/Cassini Campaign
Publication date :
October 2013
Event name :
Division for Planetary Sciences 45th Annual Meeting
Event organizer :
University of Colorado, Southwest Research Institute