Instrument Information
IDENTIFIER urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:sdu.navcam::1.2
NAME The Navigation Camera (NAVCAM) for Stardust
TYPE Imager
DESCRIPTION The Navigation Camera (NAVCAM) served the dual purposes of navigation and science imaging. The Stardust NAVCAM was a framing camera with a 200mm focal length (f/3.5), cooled CCD detector, and 8-position filter wheel. The designed spectral range was 380-1100 nm with a resolution of 60 microradian/pixel and a field of view of 3.5 x 3.5 deg. A year after launch, the filter wheel failed to respond to command and remained stuck on a widepass filter with a bandpass covering about 400 - 900 nm. In addition, the camera suffered repeated contamination on the optics, which was burned off largely successfully prior to science observations, but recurred during some periods of inactivity.
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