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 table according to the campaign progress and your proposed observations.
What's New ?
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 involved and their 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.
