Cassini UVIS Auroral Observations in 2016

In June of 2016, the Cassini Saturn orbiter began a series of high
inclination orbits that will continue until September 2017 when the
mission ends as Cassini enters the Saturn atmosphere. These orbits
present excellent views of Saturn's polar regions suitable for auroral
imaging at the closest distances to date, with the additional prospect
of simultaneous particle and fields measurements within the sources of
Saturn Kilometric Radiation (SKR) associated with ultraviolet auroral
emissions and/or acceleration regions likely coinciding with them. We
will present new Cassini Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (UVIS) auroral
images, spectra and movies obtained during the summer and fall of 2016
and put them in the context of auroral data collected since Cassini
orbit insertion in 2004. Included in the new data will be UVIS south
polar observations obtained simultaneously with Hubble Space Telescope
observations of the north polar region on June 29, 2016 and August 19,
2016.