ROSETTA-ORBITER: OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera Images of Comet 67P, 2016

NASA's ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P OSINAC 4 EXT1-MTP025 RDR-INFLDSTR V1.0 dataset contains processed image data from the OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera aboard the Rosetta spacecraft. The data covers the period from 2016-01-12 to 2016-02 09 and is radiometrically calibrated, corrected for stray light and geometric distortion, with intensity in W/m^2/sr/nm. This version V1.0 is the first release following an external peer review in September 2019.

Use Cases

• Analyze cometary surface morphology and changes based on calibrated, high-resolution imagery.
• Study temporal variations in comet activity and outgassing based on radiometric intensity data.
• Validate or develop image processing algorithms for stray-light and geometric correction based on the described calibration pipeline.

Strengths

• Data is processed to CODMAC level 4, indicating a high standard of calibration and correction.
• Specific temporal coverage is provided from 2016-01-12T23:25:00.000 to 2016-02-09T23:24:59.000.
• Dataset has undergone an external peer review as part of its version V1.0 release process.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file size are 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 during the ROSETTA EXTENSION 1 mission phase.

Time Range

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 07:46:20.401642; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko 1 (1969 R1)