ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P OSINAC: Solar Stray Light Corrected Comet Images

OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera images of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, corrected for solar stray light and radiometrically calibrated. The dataset covers the prelanding mission phase from January to May 2014, with data presented in units of W/m^2/sr/nm. This V1.0 version is the first release from NASA, following an external peer review in October 2018.

Use Cases

• Study comet surface morphology and activity based on calibrated, high-resolution imagery.
• Perform photometric analysis of the comet nucleus using radiometrically calibrated data in W/m^2/sr/nm.
• Model solar stray light effects in deep-space imaging based on the correction techniques applied.
• Analyze temporal changes on the comet's surface during the prelanding approach phase from 2014-01-20 to 2014-05-07.

Strengths

• Data is corrected for solar stray light, radiometrically calibrated, and geometrically distortion-corrected.
• Covers a defined mission phase from 2014-01-20T10:00:00.000 to 2014-05-07T12:47:59.000.
• Dataset is peer-reviewed, with this V1.0 version representing the first corrected release after the October 2018 review.

Limitations

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

2014-01-20T10:00:00.000 to 2014-05-07T12:47:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 15:39:10.982618; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (deep space).