Collection Information
IDENTIFIER urn:nasa:pds:dart_teleobs:data_lcogtraw::1.0
NAME Las Cumbres Observatory Sinistro Imager Raw Data Collection
TYPE Data
DESCRIPTION This collection consists of raw images from the Las Cumbres Observatory Sinistro Imager. We obtained images of the NEO (65803) Didymos binary asteroid and supporting calibration data with the Las Cumbres Observatory global telescope network through several filters. These images were obtained in support of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission. The DART mission was a planetary defense mission designed to test and measure the deflection caused by a kinetic impactor (the spacecraft) on the orbit of Dimorphos asteroid around its primary, Didymos. These ground-based observations were used to obtain light curves of Didymos and time the mutual events of Dimorphos to determine the period change caused by the impact of the DART spacecraft.
SEARCH/ACCESS DATA DART Telescopic Observation Online
   
Citation
DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER (DOI) 10.26007/atbp-8p57
AUTHOR LIST Lister, T.
EDITOR LIST
PUBLICATION YEAR 2023
DESCRIPTION This collection consists of raw images from the Las Cumbres Observatory Sinistro Imager. We obtained images of the NEO (65803) Didymos binary asteroid and supporting calibration data with the Las Cumbres Observatory global telescope network through several filters. These images were obtained in support of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission. The DART mission was a planetary defense mission designed to test and measure the deflection caused by a kinetic impactor (the spacecraft) on the orbit of Dimorphos asteroid around its primary, Didymos. These ground-based observations were used to obtain light curves of Didymos and time the mutual events of Dimorphos to determine the period change caused by the impact of the DART spacecraft.
   
Context
START DATE TIME 2022-07-31T03:35:35.320Z
STOP DATE TIME 2023-01-27T01:13:56.810Z
LOCAL MEAN SOLAR TIME
LOCAL TRUE SOLAR TIME
SOLAR LONGITUDE
PRIMARY RESULT PURPOSE SCIENCE
PRIMARY RESULT PROCESSING LEVEL Raw
PRIMARY RESULT DESCRIPTION
PRIMARY RESULT WAVELENGTH RANGE Visible
Visible
PRIMARY RESULT DOMAIN
PRIMARY RESULT DISCIPLINE NAME Small Bodies
Small Bodies
Small Bodies
Flux Measurements
INVESTIGATION DOUBLE ASTEROID REDIRECTION TEST (DART)
OBSERVING SYSTEM
OBSERVING SYSTEM COMPONENT Las Cumbres Observatory (LCOGT)
Las Cumbres Global Telescope Network - 1m Telescopes
Las Cumbres 1m Telescopes - Sinistro Imager
TARGET (65803) DIDYMOS
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