LROC Narrow Angle Camera (NAC)

Narrow Angle Camera Specifications: Pixel Scale: 0.5 meter per pixel (10 micro-radian IFOV)* Maximum Image size: 2.5 x 26 km* Optics: f/3.59 Cassegrain (Ritchey-Chretien) Effective Focal Length: 700 mm Primary Mirror Diameter: 195 mm Field of View: 2.85° per NAC MTF (Nyquist): > 0.23 Structure + baffle: graphite-cyanate composite Detector: Kodak KLI-5001G Pixel format: 1 x 5,064 Noise: 76 e- A/D Converter: Honeywell ADC9225 FPGA: Actel RT54SX32-S Mass: 8.2 kg per NAC Volume: 70 cm x 27 cm diameter Peak Power: 9.3 W Average Power: 6.4 W Sensitivity: 400-750 nm Voltage: 28 V DC Radiometric Accuracy: 1% relative, 10% absolute Detector Digitization: 12-bit, encoded to 8-bit *At an altitude of 50 km

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