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

ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P OSINAC 4 EXT3-MTP033 RDR-STRLIGHT V1.0 is a calibrated image dataset from the Rosetta spacecraft's OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera. The dataset contains solar stray light corrected, radiometric calibrated, and geometric distortion corrected images of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, covering the period from 2016-08-09 to 2016-09-02. This version V1.0 is the first release of this dataset, corrected after an October 2018 external peer review.

Use Cases

• Analyze cometary surface morphology and activity based on calibrated, high-resolution images.
• Study temporal changes on comet 67P based on data covering a specific mission phase.
• Validate or develop image correction algorithms for spaceborne instruments based on the described stray light and radiometric calibration.
• Model cometary photometric properties based on radiometrically calibrated data in W/m^2/sr/nm.

Strengths

• Data has undergone solar stray light correction, radiometric calibration, and geometric distortion correction.
• Dataset version V1.0 is the result of a post-October 2018 external peer review process.
• Covers a defined observation period from 2016-08-09T23:25:00.000 to 2016-09-02T06:39:59.000.

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.

Time Range

2016-08-09T23:25:00.000 to 2016-09-02T06:39:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 13:58:36.455073; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko