Instrumental methods for professional and amateur collaborations in planetary astronomy

Mousis, O.; Hueso, R.; Beaulieu, Jean-Philippe; Bouley, Sylvain; Carry, B.; Colas, François; Klotz, A.; Pellier, Christophe; Petit, Jean-Marc; Rousselot, P.; Dib, M. Ali; Beisker, W.; Birlan, Mirel; Buil, C.; Delsanti, A.; Frappa, Eric; Hammel, Heidi B.; Levasseur-Regourd, Anny Chantal; Orton, Glenn S.; Sánchez‐Lavega, A.; Santerne, A.; Tanga, P.; Vaubaillon, Jérémie; Zanda, B.; Baratoux, D.; Böhm, T.; Boudon, Vincent; Bouquet, Alexis; Buzzi, L.; Dauvergne, Jean-Luc; Decock, Alice; Delcroix, M.; Drossart, P.; Esseiva, N.; Fischer, G.; Fletcher, Leigh; Foglia, S.; Gómez-Forrellad, Josep M.; Guarro-Flo, Joan; Herald, D.; Kugel, F.; Lebreton, Jean‐Pierre; Lecacheux, J.; Leroy, A.; Maquet, Lucie; Masi, G.; Maury, A.; Meyer, François G.; Pérez‐Hoyos, S.; Rajpurohit, A. S.; Rinner, C.; Rogers, J. H.; Roques, F.; Schmude, Richard W.; Sicardy, B.; Trégon, Bernard; Vanhuysse, M.; Wesley, A.; Widemann, Thomas

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“…Amateur observers regularly upload their images to servers such as PVOL and ALPO-Japan [for full details of their observing workflow, see Mousis et al, 2014]. M. Vedovato produces a database of global maps assembled from the amateur imaging using the JUPOS software (www.jupos.org), creating a map approximately every 7-10 days, and hosted on the Unione Astrofili Italiani website (http://pianeti.uai.it/).…”

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Jupiter's North Equatorial Belt expansion and thermal wave activity ahead of Juno's arrival

Fletcher

Orton

Sinclair

et al. 2017

Geophysical Research Letters

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The dark colors of Jupiter's North Equatorial Belt (NEB, 7–17°N) appeared to expand northward into the neighboring zone in 2015, consistent with a 3–5 year cycle. Inversions of thermal‐IR imaging from the Very Large Telescope revealed a moderate warming and reduction of aerosol opacity at the cloud tops at 17–20°N, suggesting subsidence and drying in the expanded sector. Two new thermal waves were identified during this period: (i) an upper tropospheric thermal wave (wave number 16–17, amplitude 2.5 K at 170 mbar) in the mid‐NEB that was anticorrelated with haze reflectivity; and (ii) a stratospheric wave (wave number 13–14, amplitude 7.3 K at 5 mbar) at 20–30°N. Both were quasi‐stationary, confined to regions of eastward zonal flow, and are morphologically similar to waves observed during previous expansion events.

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Section: A2 Supplemental S2: Previous Detections Of Mid-neb Wavesmentioning

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Jupiter's North Equatorial Belt expansion and thermal wave activity ahead of Juno's arrival

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Sinclair

et al. 2017

Geophysical Research Letters

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“…Currently, this could only be done with observations of Venus obtained by amateur astronomers (Mousis et al, 2014) and coordinated in public access data repositories (Barentsen and Koschny, 2008). The standard deviation of winds in the VIS images is especially large in regions where cloud features from both the UV and NIR cloud layers are found in different orbits.…”

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Six years of Venus winds at the upper cloud level from UV, visible and near infrared observations from VIRTIS on Venus Express

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Planetary and Space Science

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“…This is mainly the result of the use of a large number of small telescopes i.e. 20 to 40 cm (Mousis et al, 2014). Photometry is also obtained as a by-product of other observations, such as asteroid astrometry, or large sky surveys.…”

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The Zadko Telescope: Exploring the Transient Universe

Coward

Gendre

Tanga

et al. 2017

Publ. Astron. Soc. Aust.

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The Zadko Telescope is a 1 m f/4 Cassegrain telescope, situated in the state of Western Australia about 80 km north of Perth. The facility plays a niche role in Australian astronomy, as it is the only meter class facility in Australia dedicated to automated follow-up imaging of alerts or triggers received from different external instruments/detectors spanning the entire electromagnetic spectrum. Furthermore the location of the facility at a longitude not covered by other meter class facilities provides an important resource for time critical projects. This paper reviews the status of the Zadko facility and science projects since it began robotic operations in March 2010. We report on major upgrades to the infrastructure and equipment (2012)(2013)(2014) that has resulted in significantly improved robotic operations. Secondly, we review the core science projects, which include automated rapid follow-up of gamma ray burst (GRB) optical afterglows, imaging of neutrino counterpart candidates from the ANTARES neutrino observatory, photometry of rare (Barbarian) asteroids, supernovae searches in nearby galaxies. Finally, we discuss participation in newly commencing international projects, including the optical follow-up of gravitational wave candidates from the U.S. and European gravitational wave observatory network, and present first tests for very low latency follow-up of fast radio bursts. In the context of these projects, we outline plans for a future upgrade that will optimise the facility for alert triggered imaging from the radio, optical, high-energy, neutrino and gravitational wave bands.

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Instrumental methods for professional and amateur collaborations in planetary astronomy

Abstract: Authors Suppressed Due to Excessive Length characterization of asteroids and comets, as well as the determination of the physical properties of Kuiper Belt Objects and exoplanets are discussed.

Cited by 54 publications

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Jupiter's North Equatorial Belt expansion and thermal wave activity ahead of Juno's arrival

Jupiter's North Equatorial Belt expansion and thermal wave activity ahead of Juno's arrival

Six years of Venus winds at the upper cloud level from UV, visible and near infrared observations from VIRTIS on Venus Express

The Zadko Telescope: Exploring the Transient Universe

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