(<i>Original caption</i>) On Sept. 19, the OCAMS MapCam camera recorded a star field in Taurus, north of the top of the constellation Orion as part of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft’s post-launch aliveness test. MapCam’s first color image is a composite of three of its four color filters, roughly corresponding to blue, green, and red wavelengths. The three images are processed to remove noise, co-registered, and enhanced to emphasize dimmer stars.
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<b>Published source</b>: "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.asteroidmission.org/?latest-news=nasas-asteroid-bound-spacecraft-aces-instrument-check">NASA’s Asteroid-Bound Spacecraft Aces Instrument Check</a>" by OSIRIS-REx<br><b>Direct source</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.asteroidmission.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/mapcam_firstlight_color.png">Image</a> hosted by asteroidmission.org