Lick Observatory, Mt.Hamilton, California
W. M. Keck Observatory, Hawaii

 

INFRARED OBSERVATIONS OF TITAN

 

MORNING DRIZZLE ON TITAN Data obtained with field-integral spectrometers on the VLT and Keck telescopes reveal the presence of condensed methane in clouds across Titan's disk near 30 km altitude, and methane drizzle on the morning side below. Click on the thumbnail for more information, references, and images.

HUYGENS PROBE ENTRY Keck Adaptive Optics images of Titan's surface and atmosphere taken during the time that the Huygens probe did descend down through Titan's atmosphere. Click on the thumbnail for more information, references, images and movie.

TITAN MOVIE Movie of Titan's surface and atmosphere, obtained with NIRSPAO on Keck. Click on the thumbnail for more information, references, images and movie.

TITAN SPECIAL GRL ISSUE We organized a special GRL issue on Titan: Pre-Cassini View. Click on the thumbnail for more information and references.

DISCOVERY OF CLOUDS ON TITAN Gemini and Keck Adaptive Optics images reveal clouds in Titan's troposphere, that vary on timescales of hours-days. Click on the thumbnail for more information, references, and images.

TITAN'S SURFACE Titan's surface has been imaged at infrared wavelengths with the Keck telescope using Adaptive Optics plus speckle imaging techniques since 1996. Click the thumbnail for full surface maps and individual images.

TITAN'S POLAR COLLAR AO images of Titan's lower stratosphere reveal a `collar' around the south pole, during southern spring. Click the thumbnail for references and images.

TITAN'S STRATOSPHERIC HAZE AO images of Titan's stratosphere reveal the North-South asymmetry of the haze, and the reversal of this asymmetry with changing seasons. Click the thumbnail for references and images.

SPECKLE IMAGES OF TITAN Speckle imaging of Saturn's satellite Titan with the Keck telescope started in 1996. A typical resolution is approximately 0.05'' or 240 km on Titan's surface. Click the thumbnail for speckle images and references.

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