ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P OSINAC: Calibrated Comet Images from Extension 3 Mission Phase

NASA's Rosetta spacecraft OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera captured radiometrically calibrated image data of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The dataset covers the period from 2016-09 26 to 2016-10-01 and is processed to CODMAC level 3. This version V3.0 includes corrections from peer reviews and updated documentation on data quality.

Use Cases

• Analyze cometary surface morphology and changes based on calibrated image data.
• Study comet 67P's activity and outgassing patterns during the specified mission phase.
• Validate or improve radiometric calibration models for space-based instrumentation.
• Perform photometric studies of the comet nucleus using the calibrated radiance values.

Strengths

• Data is radiometrically calibrated to physical units (W/m^2/sr/nm).
• Version V3.0 incorporates corrections from external peer reviews in July and October 2018.
• Documentation includes a user guide with FAQ and image data quality sections.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count 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

2016-09-26T06:40:00.000 to 2016-10-01T00:00:00.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 05:25:41.684940; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko