PDS_VERSION_ID                  = PDS3
RECORD_TYPE                     = STREAM

DATA_SET_ID                     = "HST-S-WFPC2-3-RPX-V1.0"

OBJECT                          = TEXT
  PUBLICATION_DATE              = 1998-07-17
  NOTE                          = "Abstract to HST proposal #6216, as
downloaded from http://presto.stsci.edu/public/propinfo.html in July
1997."
END_OBJECT                      = TEXT
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            SATURN'S RING ATMOSPHERE DURING RING PLANE CROSSING
                            HST Proposal 6216

Title:                 SATURN'S RING ATMOSPHERE DURING RING PLANE CROSSING
PI:                    TRAUGER (JET PROPULSION LABORATORY)
Category:              SOLAR SYSTEM,OUTER P
Cycle:                 5
Continuation ID:
Status:                completed
                                 Abstract
This proposal is to measure the extended atmosphere of Saturn's rings by
WFPC2 images taken during times of ring plane crossing in 1995. We will
discriminate between elevated dust and possible OH emission by taking
images within the OH bands near 3100 A, a near-by band for scaling and
subtraction of scattered and ring light, and far-red images for scaling of
dust above the ring plane. We will take test exposure images during the
May event, and our "real" images during the August event with exposure
times based on the results of the May images.