Instrument Information
IDENTIFIER urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:nh.mvic::2.2
NAME The Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC) for New Horizons
TYPE Imager
DESCRIPTION The Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC) of the Ralph instrument is an imager that operates at both visible and near-infrared wavelengths using seven separate Charge-Coupled Device detectors (CCDs). Four CCDs have color filters (methane, red, blue and near-infrared) for producing color maps and three CCDs have panchromatic filters for observations where maximum sensitivity to faint light levels is required. In all cases, the light passes from the telescope through a filter and is focused onto the CCDs.
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REFERENCES Reuter, D., A. Stern, J. Baer, L. Hardaway, D. Jennings, S. McMuldroch, J. Moore, C. Olkin, R. Parizek, D. Sabatke, J. Scherrer, J. Stone, J. VanCleeve, and L. Young, Ralph: a visible/infrared imager for the New Horizons Pluto/Kuiper Belt Mission, Proc. SPIE 5906, Astrobiology and Planetary Missions, 59061F, 2005. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.617901

Reuter, D.C., S.A. Stern, J. Scherrer, D.E. Jennings, J. Baer, J. Hanley, L. Hardaway, A. Lunsford, S. McMuldroch, J. Moore, C. Olkin, R. Parizek, H. Reitsma, D. Sabatke, J. Spencer, J. Stone, H. Throop, J. Van Cleve, G.E. Weigle, and L.A. Young, Ralph: A Visible/Infrared Imager for the New Horizons Pluto/Kuiper Belt Mission, Space Sci. Rev., Volume 140, Numbers 1-4, pp. 129-154, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-008-9375-7