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Composite images of 2025 VZ8 (centered in each ...

Composite images of 2025 VZ8 (centered in each panel) obtained between UT 2025 November ...

Henry H. Hsieh et al, Research Notes of the AAS 10 1

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Effective temperature (Teff) vs. rotation perio...

Effective temperature (Teff) vs. rotation period for ϵ Eri compared to data from three y...

Aniket Sanghi et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 4

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Top: raw coronagraphic image of ϵ Eri from the ...

Top: raw coronagraphic image of ϵ Eri from the observations presented in J. Llop-Sayson ...

Aniket Sanghi et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 4

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Upper limits on the F444W and F210M flux ratio ...

Upper limits on the F444W and F210M flux ratio of ϵ Eri b with respect to the host star ...

Aniket Sanghi et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 4

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Left: comparison between an example Sonora Flam...

Left: comparison between an example Sonora Flame Skimmer model (orange) and a custom PIC...

Aniket Sanghi et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 4

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5σ calibrated contrast curve for F210M (blue) a...

5σ calibrated contrast curve for F210M (blue) and F444W (red) observations of ϵ Eri. The...

Aniket Sanghi et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 4

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Consistency of Sonora Flame Skimmer cloud-free ...

Consistency of Sonora Flame Skimmer cloud-free atmospheric models with NIRCam 5σ upper l...

Aniket Sanghi et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 4

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Top: Sonora Flame Skimmer models for varying me...

Top: Sonora Flame Skimmer models for varying metallicity [M/H] keeping other atmospheric...

Aniket Sanghi et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 4

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Left: the minimum detectable visible reflecting...

Left: the minimum detectable visible reflecting area (AV R) as a function of albedo for ...

Aniket Sanghi et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 4

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Distribution of S/Ns of pixels from the F444W P...

Distribution of S/Ns of pixels from the F444W PSF-subtracted image in a 2 FWHM width ann...

Aniket Sanghi et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 4

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Inferred effective temperature (Teff), bolometr...

Inferred effective temperature (Teff), bolometric luminosity (log Lbol/L⊙), radius, and ...

Aniket Sanghi et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 4

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Predicted F444W magnitude using the clear Sonor...

Predicted F444W magnitude using the clear Sonora Flame Skimmer evolutionary models for t...

Aniket Sanghi et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 4

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Phase angle (blue) and projected separation (re...

Phase angle (blue) and projected separation (red) of ϵ Eri b according to the latest orb...

Aniket Sanghi et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 4

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Reflected light spectra for ϵ Eri b computed wi...

Reflected light spectra for ϵ Eri b computed with PICASO for possible planet radii, atmo...

Aniket Sanghi et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 4

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Top row: calibrated F444W and F210M contrast as...

Top row: calibrated F444W and F210M contrast as a function of KLIP reduction parameters....

Aniket Sanghi et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 4

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Calibrated auroral brightnesses for (a) 557.7 n...

Calibrated auroral brightnesses for (a) 557.7 nm [O I], (b) 630.0 nm [O I], and (c) 636....

Zachariah Milby et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 3

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Example HIRES data showing the three oxygen emi...

Example HIRES data showing the three oxygen emission lines identified in individual 5-mi...

Zachariah Milby et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 3

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Three-dimensional projection of Europa’s minimu...

Three-dimensional projection of Europa’s minimum distance from the centrifugal equator. ...

Zachariah Milby et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 3

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Geometric relationships between the centrifugal...

Geometric relationships between the centrifugal equator of the Jovian plasma sheet and E...

Zachariah Milby et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 3

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Relative ambient electron density as a function...

Relative ambient electron density as a function of System III east longitude for a plasm...

Zachariah Milby et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 3

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Best-fit component column densities for (b) mol...

Best-fit component column densities for (b) molecular oxygen (O2) and 1σ detectability t...

Zachariah Milby et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 3

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Weighted average nightly 630.0 nm [O I] brightn...

Weighted average nightly 630.0 nm [O I] brightness over the five years of observations (...

Zachariah Milby et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 3

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Fit of the nominal ambient electron density (Fi...

Fit of the nominal ambient electron density (Figure 5) to Europa’s 630.0 nm [O I] bright...

Zachariah Milby et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 3

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Electron density scale height fits to observati...

Electron density scale height fits to observations of Europa’s 630.0 nm [O I] auroral br...

Zachariah Milby et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 3

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Correlation between Europa’s normalized 630.0 n...

Correlation between Europa’s normalized 630.0 nm [O I] brightness and distance from the ...

Zachariah Milby et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 3

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