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Article: Wideband photometric magnitude measurements of Saturn made during the 2005-06 Apparition.
- Article from:
- Georgia Journal of Science
- Article date:
- September 22, 2006
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ABSTRACT
The writer made 37 brightness measurements of Saturn + rings between Nov. 3, 2005 and March 16, 2006 using the B (blue), V (green), R (red) and I (infrared) filters. The selected normalized magnitudes of Saturn at a ring tilt angle of 18[degrees] are: B(1,0) = -8.43 [+ or -] 0.03, V(1,0) = -9.48 [+ or -] 0.02, R(1,0) = -10.16 [+ or -] 0.04 and I(1,0) = -10.28 [+ or -] 0.02. The selected phase angle coefficients of Saturn, in magnitudes/degree, are: [C.sub.B] = 0.022 [+ or -] 0.014, [C.sub.V] = 0.021 [+ or -] 0.008, [C.sub.R] = 0.027 [+ or -] 0.015 and [c.sub.1] = 0.018 [+ or -] 0.011.
Key Words: Saturn, Magnitude, Ring Brightness, Opposition ...