ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P: OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera Images of Comet 67P

Uncalibrated image data acquired by the OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft from 2016-01-12T23:25:00.000 to 2016-02-09T23:24:59.000. The dataset, version 3.0, targets comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and was produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This version includes updates from 2018 peer reviews, improved documentation, and enhanced handling of image quality issues.

Use Cases

• Analyze comet surface morphology and activity based on uncalibrated image data.
• Study temporal changes on comet 67P based on images from a defined 28-day mission phase.
• Develop calibration pipelines for raw digital number (DN) unit data from a space instrument.
• Investigate image artifacts and quality issues documented in the updated headers and guides.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific 28-day observation period from January to February 2016.
• Version 3.0 includes corrections from 2018 external peer reviews and updated documentation.
• Image headers contain updated DATA_QUALITY_ID keywords and quality maps for known issues.

Limitations

• Data is uncalibrated (in DN units), requiring significant preprocessing for scientific analysis.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset's full scale (number of images) is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Acquired by the OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft.

Time Range

2016-01-12T23:25:00.000 to 2016-02-09T23:24:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 16:12:18.585067; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko