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MEX :Mars Express, so called because of the rapid and streamlined development time, represents ESA's first visit to another planet in the Solar System.
MEX/VMC :The Visual Monitoring Camera (VMC) is a stand-alone digital camera installed on board the Mars Express spacecraft in order to take snapshots in colour of the Mars Lander.id:MEX/VMC.a

MEX/VMC.color52495.8654036.1950086.3439995.3969263.5721077.75139.701.52e-12MEXVMCMEX VMC color camera
MEX/VMC.bw66155.2367890.4263386.7250072.4684932.6925697.6789.496.13e-13MEXVMCMEX VMC B&W camera
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MEX/VMC.bw
Filter Description

Filter ID (?) :MEX/VMC.bw
Description (?) :MEX VMC B&W camera
Phot.System (?) :VMC
Detector Type (?) :Photon counter
Band Name (?) :------
Obs. Facility (?) :MEX
Instrument (?) :VMC
Comments (?) :Data approximately digitized from Fig.3.4 in the "VMC for MEX user flight manual"

 
Mathematical properties

Property Calculated Specified Unit
λref (?) : 66155.23 ------- (Angstrom)
λmean (?) : 67890.42 ------- (Angstrom)
λcen (?) : 66957.09 ------- (Angstrom)
λeff (?) : 63386.72 ------- (Angstrom)
λpeak (?) : 78254.50 ------- (Angstrom)
λpivot (?) : 66155.23 ------- (Angstrom)
λphot (?) : 64514.06 ------- (Angstrom)
λmin (?) : 50072.46 ------- (Angstrom)
λmax (?) : 84932.69 ------- (Angstrom)
Weff (?) : 25697.67 ------- (Angstrom)
FWHM (?) : 30519.79 ------- (Angstrom)
Af/AV (?) : 0.0339 ------- ()
Fsun (?) : 0.129 ------- (erg/cm2/s/A)

Transmission

Data file: ascii, VOTable

Reference for filter response: VMC for MEX

Transmission components: Filter + CCD + Instrumentid:MEX/VMC.bw

   
Calibration properties

Vega System
PropertySpecified Calculated Unit
Zero Point (?) : ------- 6.13014e-13(erg/cm2/s/A)
  ------- 89.49(Jy)
ZP Type (?) : Pogson
PhotCal ID (?) : MEX/VMC.bw/Vega
 

AB System
PropertySpecified Calculated Unit
Zero Point (?) : ------- 2.48725e-11(erg/cm2/s/A)
  ------- 3631.00(Jy)
ZP Type (?) : Pogson
PhotCal ID (?) : MEX/VMC.bw/AB
 

ST System
PropertySpecified Calculated Unit
Zero Point (?) : ------- 3.631e-9(erg/cm2/s/A)
  ------- 530070.76(Jy)
ZP Type (?) : Pogson
PhotCal ID (?) : MEX/VMC.bw/ST
 


Filter added: 2021-03-18 14:12:23
Last update: 2021-07-27 20:17:56
 

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