ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P OSINAC: Narrow Angle Camera Images of Comet 67P, April-May 2016

NASA's OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera data set contains processed images of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The dataset includes solar and in-field stray-light corrected, radiometrically calibrated, and geometrically distortion corrected images in reflectance units. It covers the period from 2016-04-05 to 2016-05 03 and is the first version (V1.0) following a 2019 external peer review.

Use Cases

• Analyze comet surface features and morphology based on calibrated reflectance imagery.
• Train computer vision models for object detection on celestial bodies using processed space images.
• Study temporal changes on the comet's surface during the specified mission phase.
• Validate geometric correction and radiometric calibration algorithms for remote sensing.

Strengths

• Data has undergone multiple correction processes: solar stray-light, in-field stray-light, radiometric calibration, and geometric distortion correction.
• Covers a defined time range from 2016-04-05T23:25:00.000 to 2016-05-03T23:25:00.000.
• Dataset is versioned (V1.0) and has passed an external peer review as of September 2019.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Acquired by the OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft during the ROSETTA EXTENSION 2 mission phase.

Time Range

2016-04-05T23:25:00.000 to 2016-05-03T23:25:00.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 14:35:14.105368; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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