Backyard spectroscopy and photometry of Titan, Uranus and Neptune |
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Authors: | Ralph D Lorenz Jessica M DooleyJDoug West Mitsugu Fujii |
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Institution: | a Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0092, USA b West Skies Observatory, P.O. Box 517, Derby, KS 67037, USA c 4500 Kurosaki Tamashima Kurashiki, Okayama 713-8126, Japan |
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Abstract: | We present and discuss observations of Titan (photometry and spectroscopy) and Uranus and Neptune (spectroscopy only) obtained using off-the-shelf equipment, affordable and available to many amateur astronomers and small colleges. Spectral observations compare well with published results from front-line observatories, and some evidence of seasonal change is evident in both spectra and narrowband photometry. Scattered Saturn light presents a significant problem for Titan observations, in particular, for slitless spectroscopy, and our attempts to reproduce Titan's lightcurve have so far been unsuccessful. |
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