Abstract
An SSP-4 photometer and filters transformed to the Mauna Kea J and H system were used in measuring the brightness of Saturn + rings (hereafter “Saturn”) in 2014 and 2015. The selected normalized magnitudes extrapolated to a solar phase angle of 0° are J(1,0) = ‒10.67 ± 0.02 and H(1,0) = ‒10.40 ± 0.02 in 2014 and J(1,0) = ‒10.76 ± 0.02 and H(1,0) = ‒10.51 ± 0.01 in 2015. These appear to be the first published J and H magnitude values for Saturn.
Recommended Citation
Schmude, Richard W. Jr.
(2016)
"Near-Infrared Brightness of Saturn,"
Georgia Journal of Science, Vol. 74, No. 2, Article 17.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.gaacademy.org/gjs/vol74/iss2/17
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