{"id":430164,"date":"2022-04-12T00:21:24","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T21:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/checking-in-on-the-cameras-of-nasas-asteroids-bound-lucy-spacecraft\/"},"modified":"2022-04-12T00:21:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T21:21:24","slug":"checking-in-on-the-cameras-of-nasas-asteroids-bound-lucy-spacecraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/checking-in-on-the-cameras-of-nasas-asteroids-bound-lucy-spacecraft\/","title":{"rendered":"#Checking in on the cameras of NASA&#8217;s asteroids-bound Lucy spacecraft"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4d140ec1e3c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4d140ec1e3c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/checking-in-on-the-cameras-of-nasas-asteroids-bound-lucy-spacecraft\/#%E2%80%9CChecking_in_on_the_cameras_of_NASAs_asteroids-bound_Lucy_spacecraft%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Checking in on the cameras of NASA&#8217;s asteroids-bound Lucy spacecraft&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CChecking_in_on_the_cameras_of_NASAs_asteroids-bound_Lucy_spacecraft%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Checking in on the cameras of NASA&#8217;s asteroids-bound Lucy spacecraft&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/checking-in-on-the-cam.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/checking-in-on-the-cam.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"For this selection of images, Lucy\u2019s Instrument Pointing Platform was pointed near the constellation Orion, and the T2CAM field included the Rosette Nebula. The red, blue, and yellow boxes indicate the frames of the T2CAM, MVIC, and L\u2019LORRI images, respectively. Credit: SwRI; 2008 file photo of night sky as seen over Fajada Butte in New Mexico, courtesy National Parks Service\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/checking-in-on-the-cam.jpg\" alt=\"Checking in on the Cameras of NASA\u2019s Asteroids-Bound Lucy Spacecraft\" title=\"For this selection of images, Lucy\u2019s Instrument Pointing Platform was pointed near the constellation Orion, and the T2CAM field included the Rosette Nebula. The red, blue, and yellow boxes indicate the frames of the T2CAM, MVIC, and L\u2019LORRI images, respectively. Credit: SwRI; 2008 file photo of night sky as seen over Fajada Butte in New Mexico, courtesy National Parks Service\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                For this selection of images, Lucy\u2019s Instrument Pointing Platform was pointed near the constellation Orion, and the T2CAM field included the Rosette Nebula. The red, blue, and yellow boxes indicate the frames of the T2CAM, MVIC, and L\u2019LORRI images, respectively. Credit: SwRI; 2008 file photo of night sky as seen over Fajada Butte in New Mexico, courtesy National Parks Service<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Feb. 14, NASA&#8217;s Lucy spacecraft, which is in the first few months of its journey to the Trojan asteroids, obtained a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of calibration images with its four visible-light cameras. The first test images were taken in November 2021, shortly after Lucy&#8217;s Oct. 16, 2021, launch, but the February test was much more extensive. Lucy used its Instrument Pointing Platform to point at 11 different star fields to test camera performance and sensitivity, as well as the spacecraft&#8217;s ability to point accurately in different directions.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                    The four cameras are the twin Terminal Tracking Cameras (T2CAM), the Multicolor Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC), and the Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (L&#8217;LORRI). The T2CAM cameras have a wide field of view, 11 degrees by 8.2 degrees, and are primarily used to automatically lock onto and track the Trojan asteroids during Lucy&#8217;s close flybys, ensuring that the spacecraft&#8217;s other instruments are pointed at the target. MVIC, part of the L&#8217;Ralph instrument, is a higher-resolution color scanning camera that can scan its 8.3-degree-tall field of view across as wide a swath as desired, much like the panoramas taken by a mobile phone camera. L&#8217;LORRI is a high-resolution monochromatic telephoto camera with a narrow 0.29-degree-square field of view and will obtain Lucy&#8217;s most detailed images of its asteroid targets.<\/p>\n<p>The test did not include Lucy&#8217;s infrared spectrometer LEISA (also part of the L&#8217;Ralph instrument) or its temperature m<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ing L&#8217;TES instrument, which requires close-up planetary targets to obtain useful data.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"article-gallery js-article-gallery\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/checking-in-on-the-cam-1.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/checking-in-on-the-cam-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"With an exposure time of 10 seconds, the Rosette Nebula is just visible in the lower right of center of the T2CAM frame. Credit: NASA\/Goddard\/SwRI\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/checking-in-on-the-cam-1.jpg\" alt=\"Checking in on the Cameras of NASA\u2019s Asteroids-Bound Lucy Spacecraft\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    With an exposure time of 10 seconds, the Rosette Nebula is just visible in the lower right of center of the T2CAM frame. Credit: NASA\/Goddard\/SwRI<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/checking-in-on-the-cam-2.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/checking-in-on-the-cam-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"The faintest visible stars in this raw L\u2019LORRI image are roughly 17th magnitude, 50,000 times fainter than the unaided human eye can see. Image brightness levels have been adjusted to enhance visibility of faint stars. The exposure time was 10 seconds. Keen observers will notice that the stars are slightly elongated in this relatively unprocessed image; the Lucy team has techniques to mitigate this effect, and the optical quality is sufficient for accomplishing the science goals of the mission. Credit: NASA\/Goddard\/SwRI\/Johns Hopkins APL\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/checking-in-on-the-cam-2.jpg\" alt=\"Checking in on the Cameras of NASA\u2019s Asteroids-Bound Lucy Spacecraft\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    The faintest visible stars in this raw L\u2019LORRI image are roughly 17th magnitude, 50,000 times fainter than the unaided human eye can see. Image brightness levels have been adjusted to enhance visibility of faint stars. The exposure time was 10 seconds. Keen observers will notice that the stars are slightly elongated in this relatively unprocessed image; the Lucy team has techniques to mitigate this effect, and the optical quality is sufficient for accomplishing the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> goals of the mission. 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