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Neptune and Titan Observed with Keck Telescope Adaptive Optics [electronic resource].

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Washington, D.C : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs, 2000.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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170 Kilobytes pages : digital, PDF file
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
The authors report on observations taken during engineering science validation time using the new adaptive optics system at the 10-m Keck II Telescope. They observe Neptune and Titan at near-infrared wavelengths. These objects are ideal for adaptive optics imaging because they are bright and small, yet have many diffraction-limited resolution elements across their disks. In addition Neptune and Titan have prominent physical features, some of which change markedly with time. They have observed infrared-bright storms on Neptune, and very low-albedo surface regions on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, Spatial resolution on Neptune and Titan was 0.05-0.06 and 0.04-0.05 arc sec, respectively.
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E 1.99:ucrl-jc-136493
ucrl-jc-136493
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Published through SciTech Connect.
05/05/2000.
"ucrl-jc-136493"
SPIE, Munich (DE), 03/27/2000--03/31/2000.
Gavel, D.T.; Macintosh, B.A.; Max, C.E.; De Pater, I.; Ghez, A.M.; Gibbard, S.; Roe, H.; Acton, S.; Wizinowich, P.L.; Lai, O.
Funding Information
W-7405-Eng-48
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