ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P OSIWAC: Calibrated Comet 67P Images from May 2016

OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera images of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, radiometrically calibrated and geometrically corrected, covering the period from May 3 to May 31, 2016. This V2.0 dataset from NASA incorporates corrections from an external peer review, updated documentation, and improved handling of data quality issues. Data is provided in calibrated physical units of W/m^2/sr/nm.

Use Cases

• Analyze comet surface albedo and photometric properties based on radiometrically calibrated image data.
• Study temporal changes in comet 67P's activity and morphology during the May 2016 observation period.
• Validate geometric correction and image resampling algorithms for planetary science data.
• Investigate image quality and instrument performance issues documented in the updated headers and guides.

Strengths

• Data is calibrated to physical units (W/m^2/sr/nm), enabling quantitative scientific analysis.
• Version V2.0 incorporates corrections from an October 2018 external peer review, suggesting improved accuracy.
• Documentation includes a user guide with FAQ and image quality sections, and a bandpass filter document.

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 Wide Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft.

Time Range

2016-05-03T23:25:00.000 to 2016-05-31T23:24:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 14:47:59.298704; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko