Adaptive optics imaging of a stellar occultation by Titan

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4839, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 1045-1054

  Bouchez, Antonin H ^a   Brown, Michael E ^a   Tray, Mitchell ^b   Burruss, Rick S ^c   Dekany, Richard G ^d   West, Robert A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Occultation; Titan; Titan atmosphere

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; GALAXIES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INFRARED IMAGING; OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

OCCULTATION;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0038398824     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459463     Document Type: Conference Paper

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