Venus coordinated campaign
This wiki is provided as a tool to share information and schedules for the 2010 coordinated ground-based campaign of Venus. Please feel free to complete and modify the attached tables according to the campaign progress and your proposed observations.
Circumstances of the Venus coordinated campaign
Scheduled ground-based observations
Proposed and scheduled observations : pre-conjunction (July 2010-Oct. 29, 2010), post conjunction (Oct. 29, 2010 - Feb. 2011)
- File:2010 Campaign.pdf (Ground-based observing periods / facilities in 2010-2011)
- 2010 | Detailed observing circumstances (Editable Google spreadsheet)
VEx - ground-based coordination files
- VEx science mission overview, Jul. 2010 - Jan. 2012, VSOC team
- SOIR Files:
This file lists all SOIR observations made from the beginning of Venus operations (April 2006) until September 2010.
For further details, contact the SOIR Principal Investigator: Ann-Carine Vandaele <A-C.Vandaele@aeronomie.be>
This file desctibes SOIR solar occultation opportunities in the period 30/7/2010 - 25/8/2011. SOIR occultations allow measurement of gas abundances and temperatures in the 80-150 km altitude region.
For further details, contact SOIR Principal Investigator: Ann-Carine Vandaele <A-C.Vandaele@aeronomie.be>.
- VeRa Files:
This file descibes all VeRa radio occultations carried out in the period 1/7/2006 - 2/6/2010.
For further information contact the VeRa team: Martin Paetzold <Martin.Paetzold@uni-koeln.de>, Bernd Hauesler <Bernd.Haeusler@unibw.de>, and Silvia Tellmann <tellmann@geo.uni-koeln.de>
This file describes the future opportunities for Radio occultations in the upcoming occultation seasons in January 2011 - January 2012. File kindly provided by Stefan Remus, ESAC.
For further information contact the VeRa team: Martin Paetzold <Martin.Paetzold@uni-koeln.de>, Bernd Hauesler <Bernd.Haeusler@unibw.de>, and Silvia Tellmann <tellmann@geo.uni-koeln.de>.
Map of observatory sites and telescopes
Sites and telescopes used for ground-based observations, with a link to their instruments.
- 2010 Venus Coordinated Campaign, Telescopes sites (editable Google map)
<googlemap version="0.9" lat="5.266008" lon="81.5625" type="terrain" zoom="2" controls="large"> http://www.lesia.obspm.fr/venus-atm/2010venus.kml </googlemap>
Detailed instrumental caracteristics
Ground-based telescopes and instrumentation
- Sunspot Astronomy & Visitor Center
- Observatorio SOAR
- Observatoire du Pic du Midi de Bigorre
- Osservatorio Astronomico della Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta
- South African Astronomical Observatory
- Southern African Large Telescope (SALT)
- Hanle Observatory
- 4 TAOS robotic
- Naroyo Observatory
- Naroyo 1.6-m
- Siding Spring Observatory
- 1 m McLellan
- MOA 1.8-m
- 0.6-m Optical Craftsmen
- 0.6-m Boller & Chivens
- Mauna Kea Observatory
- Haleakala Observatory
- THIS Tuneable Heterodyne Infrared Spectrometer
used at the:
- - McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope on Kitt Peak in Arizona
- - IRTF on Mauna Kea Hawaii
- HIPWAC Heterodyne Instrument for Planetary Wind And Composition at IRTF
Venus Express instruments
- SPICAV/SOIR : Ultraviolet and Infrared Atmospheric Spectrometer
Atmospheric spectrometry by star or Sun occultation
UV 0.11 - 0.3 µm R ~ 300
IR 0.7 - 1.7 µm R ~ 1300
SOIR 2.3 - 4.2 µm R ~ 15000
- VeRa : Venus Radio Science Experiment
Radio sounding of atmosphere
- VIRTIS : Ultraviolet/Visible/Near-Infrared mapping spectrometer
Spectrographic mapping of atmosphere and surface
- VIRTIS-M mapping spectrometer
Vis 0.25 - 1.0 µm R ~ 100 - 200 ( IR 1 - 5 µm R ~ 100 - 200 )
- VIRTIS-H High-res
2 - 5 µm R ~ 1000 - 2000
- VMC : Venus Monitoring Camera
Ultraviolet and visible imaging
Filters :
UV 0.365 µm
Vis 0.513 µm
Near - IR1 0.965 µm
Near - IR2 1.010 µm
More about the Venus Express Instruments
Akatsuki instruments
Akatsuki successfully launched at 6:58:22 a.m. on May 21 (Japan Standard Time) !
More about VCO/Akatsuki mission
- IR1 : 1-micron Camera
Low stratus, vapor, active volcanism
1.01 µm cloud (day-night), surface (nightside)
- IR2 : 2-micron Camera
Low stratus, trace gasses, zodiacal light
1.73, 2.26, 2.32 (near-IR) 2.02 (CO2), 1.65 µm
- UVI : Ultraviolet Imager
Cloud-top ultraviolet absorber, SO2
283, 365 nm SO2 - UV absorber (dayside)
- LIR : Longwave Infrared Camera
Cloud-top temperature distribution
10 µm cloud top (day/nightside)
- LAC : Lightning and Airglow Camera
Lightening flash, high-stratus airglow emission
Filters 777, 557, 553, 558, 630 nm O2/O airglow (night) lightning (night)
More about the Akatsuki Instruments
Coordination meetings / meeting sessions
- Venus Conference, Aussois (France), 20-26 June 2010
- « After-Aussois Venus 2010 » workshop: 1st strategic workshop on Coordinated ground-based measurements and modeling of the Venus atmosphere, Paris, June 28-29, 2010
- 2010 VEXAG International Workshop: Venus, Our Closest Earth-like Planet, Madison (USA), 30 August - 2 September 2010
Other links
(Between 23 May and 9 June 2007)
The Venus ground-based image Active Archive (VAA) allows you to upload and retrieve ground-based Venus observations obtained in infrared, visual or ultraviolet light. The aim of this archive is to complement the Venus Express (VEX) spacecraft observations of Venus with worldwide ground-based images to allow for continuous monitoring of the planet.
