MRO Context Camera (CTX)
ODE: Mars
Mission: MRO
Instrument: CTX
PDS Imaging Node: PDS Source Information
PDS Archives: PDS Archive
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The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Context Camera (CTX) is designed to obtain grayscale (black & white) images of Mars at 6 meters per pixel scale over a swath 30 kilometers wide. CTX provides context images for the MRO HiRISE and CRISM.
CTX Products
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Type |
Description |
Data Set |
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Experiment Data Record - raw camera image. Please see CTX Product Software Interface Specification (SIS). |
Additional Resources
Additional information about CTX products can be found in:
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Malin, M. C., J. F. Bell III, B. A. Cantor, M. A. Caplinger, W. M. Calvin, R. T. Clancy, K. S. Edgett, L. Edwards, R. M. Haberle, P. B. James, S. W. Lee, M. A. Ravine, P. C. Thomas, M. J. Wolff (2007), Context Camera Investigation on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, E05S04, doi: 10.1029/2006JE002808. Also available here.
Note, CTX products are stored at the PDS Imaging Node. Please read more about the use of products stored at other PDS nodes in the “Why are there differences between HiRISE, CTX, and the other ODE products” section.
CTX is one of the instruments that participate in MRO coordinated observations and can be correlated with HiRISE and CRISM images through the MRO Coordinated Observation tool under the Tools tab.
You may also search CTX imagesthrough the Cartography and Imaging Sciences Discipline Node's MRO-specific image search capability. The ODE website complements the PDS Cartography and Imaging Sciences Discipline Node's Atlas website by providing cross mission and instrument searches for imaging and non-imaging data products.