Available data
An exhaustive description of the APIS service can be found in this article, Arxiv pre-print. A brief description of the available observations is reminded below.
HST observations
The APIS primary database consists of an internal base of HST FUV planetary auroral observations acquired by the STIS and ACS/SBC instruments from 1997 up to now. These include >7000 individual (...)
Read more »Cassini/UVIS observations
The APIS service now also queries an internal internal base of Cassini/UVIS FUV auroral observations of Saturn. A first set of >1500 UVIS observations taken in 2016-2017 was released on 2 June (...)
Read more »Hisaki database
Since 2017, the APIS search interface also queries external Hisaki EUV spectro-imaging observations of solar system planets acquired with the EXCEED instrument. These now include >1600 individual (...)
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Acknowledgements
The path from the original idea to observe a target to the value-added data delivered by APIS is long and complex, and involves a significant work from many persons and services (...)